Mississippi House Bill 263 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 20 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-20 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-67, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Conduct That Is Considered Being Bullying Behavior; To Amend Section 37-11-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Provisions To Be Included In A School Districts' Anti-bullying Policies; To Require School Districts To Post The Proper Procedure For Reporting Bullying On Their Internet Website; To Amend Sections 37-3-101 And 37-3-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Local School Districts To Adopt A Policy On Student Suicide Prevention, To Prescribe Standards For The Required Policy And To Authorize The State Department Of Education And The State Department Of Mental Health To Develop In-service Training Standards For Suicide Prevention Education; And For Related Purposes.

Anti-bullying Law; revise provisions for required establishment of policies for by school districts.

Rep. Randy Boyd [R]

Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]

Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]

2017-03-08 - House - House Concurred in Amend From Senate (Y: 114 N: 2 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-02 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-08 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 119 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-20		Approved by Governor
2017-03-13	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2017-03-13	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2017-03-08	House	Concurred in Amend From Senate
2017-03-03	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2017-03-02	Senate	Passed As Amended
2017-03-02	Senate	Amended
2017-02-23	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2017-02-23	Senate	DR - TSDPAA: ED To JA
2017-02-20	Senate	Referred To Education;Judiciary, Division A
2017-02-13	House	Transmitted To Senate
2017-02-08	House	Passed As Amended
2017-02-08	House	Amended
2017-01-27	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2017-01-03	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0263.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0263IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0263PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0263SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/ham/HB0263_H_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/sam/HB0263_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/house/0370024.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/senate/0590020.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/house/0650002.pdf