Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 1597
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not legal holiday.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DESIGNATE JUNE 19 AS "JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY"; TO SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE THAT THIS SHALL BE A DAY OF COMMEMORATION AND NOT A LEGAL HOLIDAY; 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
Sponsor
4 co-sponsors
Omeria Scott, John W. Hines, Sr., Rufus Straughter, Willie J. Perkins, Sr.
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.
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 – Jan 28
- Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Rules
- Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Jan 28Passed the House
In the Senate Jan 28 – Mar 3
- Jan 28Released in the House to be sent on at once
- Sent to the Senate
- Referred to the Senate committee on Rules
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate