Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 218
State flag; create commission to select new design of from submissions by public universities and colleges.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A COMMISSION TO SELECT THE DESIGN FOR A NEW MISSISSIPPI FLAG; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION; TO AUTHORIZE EACH PUBLIC UNIVERSITY AND EACH PUBLIC COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGE TO SUBMIT ONE DESIGN FOR A NEW MISSISSIPPI FLAG TO THE COMMISSION FOR ITS CONSIDERATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL SELECT FROM AMONG THE SUBMITTED DESIGNS THE ONE THAT BEST REFLECTS BOTH THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020, THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL HAVE THE DESIGN THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS ACT; 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 14 to February 5, 2019, 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 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 days
RulesJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 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.