l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1379

State flag; require state agencies, local governments and public colleges and universities to display on or at public buildings.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

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 REQUIRE THAT IF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY IS NOT DISPLAYING THE OFFICIAL STATE FLAG AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL NOTIFY THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY OF THE NONCOMPLIANCE, AND THE STATE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL WITHHOLD THE PAYMENT OF ALL STATE FUNDS TO THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 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

1 co-sponsor

Stephen A. Horne

Its course

January 15 to January 30, 2018, 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 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

RulesJan 15 to Jan 30 · 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 15 – Jan 30

  1. Referred to the House committee on Rules
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published