Mississippi House Bill 691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 9)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act Of 2012"; To Authorize Voluntary Student Expression Of Religious Viewpoints In Public Schools; To Require School Districts To Adopt A Policy Creating A Limited Public Forum For Voluntary Student Expression Of A Religious Viewpoint; To Require School Districts To Create A Limited Public Forum For Student Speakers At Graduation And Other Events; To Require School Districts To Allow Religious Expression In Class Assignments; To Require School Districts To Provide Students With The Freedom To Organize Religious Groups And Activities; To Establish A Model Policy On Student Expression Of Religious Viewpoints Which May Be Adopted By School Districts; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2012; create.

Rep. Donnie Bell [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]	Rep. Charles Busby [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]
Rep. Gary Chism [R]	Rep. Bobby Howell [R]	Rep. John Moore [R]	Rep. Gary Staples [R]
Rep. Henry Zuber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0691.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0691IN.htm