Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 938
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not paid 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 JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY SHALL NOT BE A LEGAL HOLIDAY, BUT SHALL BE A DAY OF COMMEMORATION AT NO EXPENSE TO THE STATE; TO CLARIFY WHEN A LEGAL HOLIDAY WILL BE CELEBRATED WHEN THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY; 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
Its course
January 17 to March 1, 2011, 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 17 – Jan 20
- Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Rules
- Jan 19Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Jan 20Passed the House
In the Senate Jan 20 – Mar 1
- Jan 20Released in the House to be sent on at once
- Sent to the Senate
- Referred to the Senate committee on Rules
- Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate