Mississippi House Bill 157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 37-4-3 And 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Community College Board And The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Develop A System Of Class Registration That Will Give Students Who Are Permanent Residents Of The State The First Option Of Registering; To Provide That After All Mississippi Residents Have Been Afforded The Opportunity To Register, Registration Shall Then Be Made Available For Nonresident Students; And For Related Purposes.

Universities and colleges; require to allow MS residents to register for classes before nonresident students.

Rep. Steve Massengill [R]

Rep. Brent Anderson [R]

Rep. Jon Lancaster [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-04	House	Referred To Universities and Colleges

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	101	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	4	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0157.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0157IN.htm