Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 202
State Flag; provide for statewide referendum on removing Confederate Battle Flag from the design of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A STATEWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE WILL OF THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE EMBLEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE DESIGN OF THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO SET THE DATE OF NOVEMBER 3, 2020, FOR THE STATEWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION; TO REQUIRE THE ELECTION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY MEANS OF BALLOTS WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROVIDE THOSE BALLOTS TO THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF EACH COUNTY; TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO REDESIGN THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG IF A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE FLAG; TO PRESCRIBE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REDESIGNED MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE DESIGN OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG; TO PROVIDE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2022; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-351 AND 23-15-355, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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 27 to March 3, 2020, 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 27 to Mar 3 · stopped36 days
RulesJan 27 to Mar 3 · stopped36 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.