Mississippi House Bill 551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create "nathan's Law"; To Amend Section 63-3-615, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Offense Of Passing A School Bus When Stopped To Load Or Unload Students And To Revise The Penalty Therefor; To Require The State Department Of Education To Develop Curriculum Guidelines For School Bus Safety; To Amend Section 63-1-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Use Of Wireless Communication Devices By Bus Drivers; To Amend Section 97-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Amend Section 63-1-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Driver's License Examination Requirements To Ensure Coverage Thereon Of School Bus Safety Issues; To Authorize Cameras On School Bus Stop Arms; To Authorize The Department Of Transportation To Conduct A Public Education Campaign On School Bus Safety; And For Related Purposes.

Nathan's law; enact to increase penalty for unlawful passing of a school bus.

Rep. Edward Blackmon [D]

Rep. Brandon Jones [D]

2011-01-12 - House - House Passed (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2011-01-13		Transmitted To Senate
2011-01-12		Passed
2011-01-11		Title Suff Do Pass
2011-01-10		Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0551.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0551IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0551PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/house/0090002.pdf