Mississippi House Bill 1176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-9-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Any Superintendent Of Schools, His Administrative Designee Or Any Principal From Dismissing Or Suspending Any Licensed School Employee For Referring To Any Individual Student's Immutable Biological Sex As Objectively Determined By Anatomy And Genetics At Birth; To Prohibit Any Superintendent Of Schools, His Administrative Designee Or Any Principal From Requiring Licensed School Employees To Comply With Directives To Refer To A Student Based On The Student's Preferred Identity Association Against The Licensed Employee's Religious Belief Or Moral Conviction; To Bring Forward Sections 11-62-3, 11-62-5, 11-62-7, 11-62-9, 11-62-11, 11-62-13 And 11-62-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Provisions Of The "protecting Freedom Of Conscience From Government Discrimination Act," For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; To Amend Section 11-62-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions By Including Employees Of Public School Districts And Charter Schools In The Definition Of State Government; And For Related Purposes.

Teachers; provide protection from suspension or termination for refusing to refer to students preferred gender identity if different from biological assignment at birth.

Rep. Tom Weathersby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB1176.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1176IN.htm