HB 1605 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Safe Dormitories Act; establish.

HB 1605, the "Mississippi Safe Dorms Act," proposed requiring Mississippi's public universities and colleges to implement specific campus safety measures. It would have prohibited sex offenders from living in on-campus housing, banned faculty-student romantic relationships where authority exists, and mandated that all first-year students (under 21 and unmarried) reside in single-sex dormitories, with limited exceptions for family or emergencies. The bill also required institutions to develop education programs about sexual assault prevention and allow students to sue schools for violations within one year. This bill died in committee on February 4, 2025, and was never enacted into law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Introduced Jan 20, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes
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