l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 592

U.S. Highway 49/49E/49W; designate segment from Hinds County to Coahoma County as an historic memorial blues highway.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 49/49E/49W FROM ITS INTERSECTION BEGINNING AT THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, AND MEDGAR EVERS BOULEVARD IN HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 61 IN CLARKSDALE, COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS AN HISTORIC MEMORIAL BLUES HIGHWAY; TO REQUIRE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES ALONG THE ROUTE of THE HIGHWAY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MISSISSIPPI BLUES COMMISSION TO DESIGNATE HISTORICAL SITES AND EVENTS ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE HIGHWAY; TO REQUIRE MDOT TO KEEP UP AND MAINTAIN THE SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY TO THE DEGREE APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH AN HISTORIC HIGHWAY; TO AUTHORIZE MDOT TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ALL COUNTIES THAT ENCOMPASS THE ROUTE OF THE DESIGNATED BLUES HIGHWAY FOR UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PORTION OF THE HISTORIC MEMORIAL BLUES HIGHWAY; 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

3 co-sponsors

Earle S. Banks, Oscar Denton, John G. Faulkner

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

TransportationJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Appropriations
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published