Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 1279
Commission to redesign the MS State Flag; establish to develop 2 options for a new flag to present to the Legislature.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO REDESIGN THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG; TO PRESCRIBE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL DEVELOP TWO OPTIONS FOR A NEW DESIGN OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL DETERMINE WHICH OF THE TWO OPTIONS SHALL BE THE NEW MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG DURING THE 2018 SESSION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TWO OPTIONS FOR A NEW MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE DESIGN OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG; 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 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
RulesJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.