Mississippi Senate Bill 2157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 20 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-20 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 37-177-1, 37-177-3, 37-177-5, 37-177-9, 37-177-11 And 37-177-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Standards To Be Documented For Intensive Reading Instruction And Intervention Under The Literacy-based Promotion Act; To Provide That Beginning In The 2018-2019 School Year Promotion To Grade 4 Is Prohibited Unless A Student's Reading Deficiency Is Remedied Before The End Of Grade 3 As Demonstrated By Certain Assessments And To Make Certain Technical Amendments To The "literacy-based Promotion Act"; And For Related Purposes.

Literacy-Based Promotion Act; provide standards for individual reading plans and clarify assessments.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

2016-04-12 - Senate - Senate Concurred in Amend From House (Y: 42 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-24 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 82 N: 37 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 38 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate Failed (Y: 23 N: 25 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-20		Approved by Governor
2016-04-14	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2016-04-14	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2016-04-12	Senate	Concurred in Amend From House
2016-03-28	House	Returned For Concurrence
2016-03-25	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2016-03-24	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Wooten, Moore, Roberson)
2016-03-24	House	Passed As Amended
2016-03-24	House	Amended
2016-03-23	House	Read the Third Time
2016-03-22	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2016-03-14	House	Referred To Education
2016-03-07	Senate	Transmitted To House
2016-03-03	Senate	Passed As Amended
2016-03-03	Senate	Amended
2016-03-03	Senate	Reconsidered
2016-02-24	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Entered
2016-02-24	Senate	Failed
2016-02-24	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2016-02-17	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2016-02-05	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2157.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2157IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2157CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2157PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2157SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/senate/0510054.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/senate/0590015.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/house/0800027.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/senate/0990008.pdf