l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 1479

Tourism; establish certain trails, markers and commissions.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Tourism Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY SHALL DESIGNATE SPECIFIC SITES FOR ERECTION OF APPROPRIATE "MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL" MARKERS TO IDENTIFY MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORICAL SITES; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR COMMISSION WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DIVISION OF TOURISM, TO PREPARE FOR AND COMMEMORATE THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF MISSISSIPPI'S PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMISSION'S MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE DIVISION OF TOURISM OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI "COUNTRY MUSIC TRAIL" INFRASTRUCTURE TO OFFER TO TOURISTS AND TARGETED GROUPS A STRUCTURED TOUR OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORICAL SITES AND PERFORMANCE VENUES; TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION TO DESIGNATE AND ERECT APPROPRIATE "MISSISSIPPI COUNTRY MUSIC TRAIL" HISTORICAL MARKERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Mark DuVall, Linda Whittington

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 517 days

TourismJan 19 to Jan 289 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

TourismFeb 10 to Mar 3 · stopped21 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Tourism
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Released in the House to be sent on at once
  2. Sent to the Senate
  3. Feb 10Referred to the Senate committees on Tourism and on Appropriations
  4. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To TourismHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 5PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 5Immediate ReleaseHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 10Referred To Tourism;AppropriationsSenate
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate