Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1549
State flag; require state agencies, local governments and public colleges and universities to display on or at public buildings.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES, COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, PUBLIC COLLEGES AND PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES TO DISPLAY THE OFFICIAL STATE FLAG ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK ON OR AT EACH BUILDING IN WHICH AN OFFICE OF THE STATE, COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS LOCATED AND ON EACH CAMPUS OF EACH PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY STATE AGENCY, COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, PUBLIC COLLEGE OR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY THAT DOES NOT DISPLAY THE OFFICIAL STATE FLAG AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY FOR EACH DAY OF INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH A SCHOOL DOES NOT DISPLAY THE OFFICIAL STATE FLAG AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY FOR EACH DAY OF INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION; 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
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
RulesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 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.