House Bill 453

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST IN PAYING COSTS OF CERTAIN MARKETING ACTIVITIES; TO DEFINE THE TERMS "DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS" AND "MARKETING ACTIVITIES" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CERTAIN NONPROFIT MUSEUMS TO ASSIST IN PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERTISING AND OTHER FORMS OF PROMOTING AND PUBLICIZING NONPROFIT MUSEUMS AND MUSEUM RELATED ACTIVITIES, AND REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS OF AND UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SUCH MUSEUMS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY PURPOSES RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 19; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING REVITALIZATION GRANTS TO MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITIES; TO DESIGNATE "ONE MISSISSIPPI," WRITTEN BY STEVE AZAR, AS THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GENRE OFFICIAL STATE SONG; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SONGS STUDY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP VARIOUS GENRES OF OFFICIAL SONGS FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PRESCRIBE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS; TO REQUIRE THE COMMITTEE TO SUBMIT A REPORT OF ITS FINDINGS TO THE LEGISLATURE NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 2022; TO REPEAL CHAPTER 654, LAWS OF 1962, WHICH DESIGNATED "GO MISSISSIPPI" AS THE OFFICIAL STATE SONG; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the House of Representatives

• Becky Currie

  Sponsor

• Senate committee amendmentPending

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

In the House of Representatives Jan 5 – Feb 9

1. Jan 5Referred to the House committee on Tourism
2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
3. Feb 8Read the third time in the House
4. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the House
5. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 3

1. Feb 10Sent to the Senate
2. Feb 15Referred to the Senate committees on Tourism and on Appropriations
3. Feb 23Reported from TO to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
4. Mar 1Reported as amended from AP to TO in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
5. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
6. Mar 3Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 3 – Apr 4

1. Mar 3Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
2. Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
3. Mar 9Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
4. Mar 22Conferees named in the House: Currie, Oliver and Lamar
5. Conferees named in the Senate: Chassaniol, Polk and Williams
6. Mar 28Conference report filed in the House
7. Conference report filed in the Senate
8. Mar 29Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
9. Recommitted in the Senate to the conferees for further conference
10. Suspended from deadlines by House Concurrent Resolution 89
11. Mar 31Conference report filed in the Senate
12. Conference report filed in the House
13. Conference report adopted in the House
14. Conference report adopted in the Senate
15. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
16. Apr 1Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
17. Apr 4Enrolled bill signed in the House

To the Governor Apr 4 – Apr 14

1. Apr 4Enrolled bill signed in the Senate
2. Apr 14Approved by the Governor