Mississippi House Bill 1439 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2-1)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-23-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Parents Or Guardians Of School-age Children To Obtain Certificates Of Exemption From Vaccinations For Conscientious Beliefs In Order For The Child To Attend School; To Provide That In Order To Obtain The Exemption, The Child's Parent Or Guardian Must Complete An Affidavit On An Exemption Form Provided By The State Department Of Health; To Provide That The Exemption Form Must Contain A Statement Indicating That The Parent Or Guardian Understands The Benefits And Risks Of Vaccinations And The Benefits And Risks Of Not Being Vaccinated, And Must Contain A Section Where The Parent Or Guardian Can List The Specific Vaccination Or Vaccinations For Which The Exemption Applies; To Provide That The Exemption Will Be Valid For One Year; And For Related Purposes.

School attendance; authorize exemption from vaccination for conscientious beliefs.

Rep. Mark Formby [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]	Rep. Chris Brown [R]	Rep. Larry Byrd [R]
Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Angela Cockerham [I]	Rep. Carolyn Crawford [R]	Rep. Dana Criswell [R]
Rep. Dan Eubanks [R]	Rep. John Faulkner [D]	Rep. Robert Foster [R]	Rep. Andy Gipson [R]
Rep. Ashley Henley [R]	Rep. Steve Hopkins [R]	Rep. Abe Hudson [D]	Rep. Bill Kinkade [R]
Rep. Vince Mangold [R]	Rep. John Moore [R]	Rep. Randal Rushing [R]	Rep. Stephen Horne [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Education;Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1439.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1439IN.htm