l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 317

Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not paid legal holiday.

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 3-3-7, 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

Its course

January 3 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 3 to Jan 30 · stopped27 days

RulesJan 3 to Jan 30 · stopped27 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 3 – Jan 30

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