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Mississippi · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 566: "Mental Awareness Program for School Act"; enact to require schools to provide mental health service providers and certain trauma-in-formal training.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 566 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi House on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: "Mental Awareness Program for School Act"; enact to require schools to provide mental health service providers and certain trauma-in-formal training. Primary sponsor: Sam Creekmore (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Died In Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sam CreekmorePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Otis AnthonyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Kevin FelsherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died In Committee
  2. Referred To Education

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source