Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

House Bill 1257

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Description: Persons with disabilities; require respectful language when referring to in statutes or regulations.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1		01/17 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
2		02/01 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective date		July 1, 2005
Disposition		Dead
Deadline		General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
Revenue		No
Vote type required		Majority

House Committee:

• Judiciary A

Principal Author: Aldridge

Title: AN ACT TO REQUIRE CERTAIN PREFERRED LANGUAGE TO BE USED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND STATE AGENCIES WHEN REFERRING TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NEW LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 02/01/05 at 18:17.

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