Mississippi House Bill 797

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require School Districts To Install Video Surveillance Cameras Equipped With Audio Reception Technology In Certain Areas Of Schools For The Safety And Well-being Of Exceptional Students; To Limit Viewing Access Of Recorded Surveillance To Certain District And Individual School-facility Licensed Personnel; To Require School Districts To Protect The Privacy And Identity Of Students Captured In The Surveillance Who Are Not The Subject Of Incidents Giving Rise To An Investigation Or Litigation; To Authorize The School District To Contract With Any Company Or Individual, Independent Of The School District To Provide Surveillance Monitoring; To Require The School District, Acting Through The Local School Board, To Employ Certain Procedures Prior To Awarding The Contract For Monitoring Services; To Eliminate The Need For School Districts To Employ Security Personnel Or Require The Immediate Presence Of Law Enforcement Officers On School Premises Equipped With Surveillance Cameras; To Bring Forward Section 37-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes A School Safety Grant Program, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

Video surveillance cameras; require in certain areas of school facilities for protection of exceptional children.

Rep. Carolyn Crawford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-01-31	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	3	83	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0797.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0797IN.htm