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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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May 3, 2024 | MS | SB 3006 | Appropriates Resources for the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning | Conference Report Adopted - House (114 - 4) |
March 27, 2023 | MS | SB 2079 | Authorizes School Employees to Concealed Carry | Conference Report Adopted - House (79 - 32) |
March 27, 2023 | MS | HB 1315 | Requires Vendors Providing Online Resources or Databases to K-12 Schools Block Access to Pornography | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (83 - 15) |
March 3, 2022 | MS | SB 2113 | Prohibits Teaching the Topic Known as "Critical Race Theory" | Bill Passed - House (75 - 43) |
Feb. 3, 2022 | MS | HB 1418 | Establishes Second Amendment Preservation Act | (83 - 35) |
Jan. 12, 2022 | MS | HB 530 | Increases Starting Teacher Salary by $6,000 | Bill Passed - House (114 - 6) |
Feb. 11, 2021 | MS | HB 1030 | Requires Paying Student Athletes if Their Likeness is Used in Advertising | Bill Passed - House (93 - 19) |
March 12, 2020 | MS | HB 1200 | Prohibits "Free Speech Zones" on College Campuses | Bill Passed - House (68 - 52) |
Jan. 9, 2020 | MS | HB 1 | Increases State Teacher Pay | Bill Passed - House (121 - 1) |
March 11, 2019 | MS | SB 2770 | Increases Public School Teacher Salaries | Bill Passed - House (112 - 2) |
March 3, 2016 | MS | HB 989 | Establishes the Mississippi Achievement School District | Bill Passed - House (82 - 38) |
March 10, 2015 | MS | SB 2258 | Authorizes Department of Education to Investigate Cheating Allegations | Bill Passed - House (65 - 53) |
Feb. 5, 2014 | MS | HB 504 | Increases Teacher Salaries | Bill Passed - House (86 - 26) |
April 3, 2013 | MS | SB 2659 | Establishes a Grant for School Resource Officers in Schools | Conference Report Adopted - House (80 - 36) |
April 2, 2013 | MS | SB 2199 | Requires Appointed Superintendents | Conference Report Rejected - House (52 - 66) |
March 14, 2012 | MS | HB 638 | Authorizes Prayer in Schools | Bill Passed - House (93 - 24) |
March 27, 2011 | MS | SB 3100 | Issuance of State Bonds for Improvements in Higher Learning Institutions | Conference Report Adopted - House (91 - 27) |
March 27, 2010 | MS | SB 2293 | Allowing "Under-Performing" Schools to Become Charter Schools | Conference Report Adopted - House (85 - 31) |
Feb. 12, 2009 | MS | HB 234 | Sex Education Pilot Program | Bill Passed - House (79 - 40) |
Jan. 7, 2009 | MS | HB 290 | 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget | Bill Passed - House (87 - 34) |
April 15, 2008 | MS | SB 2149 | Superintendent Removal Procedures | Conference Report Adopted - House (100 - 18) |
March 19, 2008 | MS | SB 2149 | Election of School Board Members | Bill Passed - House (106 - 14) |
Jan. 31, 2008 | MS | HB 513 | Funding for K-12 Education and Related Activities | Bill Passed - House (95 - 26) |
Feb. 15, 2007 | MS | HB 247 | Cigarette Excise Tax Increase and Food Sales Tax Decrease | Bill Passed - House (91 - 27) |
Feb. 8, 2007 | MS | HB 1144 | Out-of-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants | Bill Passed - House (84 - 33) |