Mississippi House Bill 488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Local School Boards To Designate A Period Of Reflection At The Beginning Of Each School Day To Provide For Student-initiated Prayer On A Voluntary Basis; To Bring Forward Sections 37-13-4 And 37-13-4.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Provide That This Requirement Shall Become Effective Only Upon A Determination By The State Attorney General That The United States Supreme Court Has Overruled The Decision Of Engel V. Vitale, Which Has The Effect Of Holding Unconstitutional Any State Law That Seeks To Create Such A Requirement; To Provide A Right Of Intervention By The Legislature Or Governor In Any Case In Which The Constitutionality Of This Act Challenged; And For Related Purposes.

School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day.

Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]	Rep. Otis Anthony [D]	Rep. Bryant Clark [D]	Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]
Rep. Ronnie Crudup [D]	Rep. Stephanie Foster [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Greg Haney [R]
Rep. Hester Jackson-McCray [D]	Rep. Gene Newman [R]	Rep. Randall Patterson [R]	Rep. Rickey Thompson [D]
Rep. Kenneth Walker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-13	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	13	4	New Code	See Bill Text
37	13	8	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0488.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0488IN.htm