Mississippi Senate Bill 2775 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Relating To Parental Rights; To Subject Civil Governmental Infringement Upon Parental Rights To Strict Scrutiny; To Define Term; To Specify Without Limitation Certain Rights Reserved To Parent; To Clarify That Measure Does Not Create Additional Reporting Obligations Upon School Districts And Charter Schools; To Clarify That Measure Neither Authorizes Unlawful Conduct By Parents Nor Prohibits Court Orders; To Provide That Attempt To Persuade Or Coerce Minor Child To Withhold Information From Parent Shall Be Grounds For Employee Discipline; To Create New Section 37-7-313, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require School District Board Of Trustees To Develop Procedures To Encourage Parent Involvement; To Prohibit Surgical And Mental Health Procedures Upon Minor Child Without Consent Of Parent Or Guardian; To Provide Exceptions; To Provide Penalties; To Require Verification Of Identity Under Certain Circumstances; And For Related Purposes.

Infringement on parental rights; enact "Parents Matter Act."

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2775.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2775IN.htm