Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Property Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2142
Alteration or renaming of historical monuments, memorials and streets; prohibit and provide sanctions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 55-15-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATUTORY PROHIBITION AGAINST THE ALTERATION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS LOCATED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; TO PROHIBIT THE RENAMING OR REDEDICATION OF CERTAIN STATUES, MONUMENTS, SCHOOLS, STREETS, PARKS OR SIMILAR STRUCTURES NAMED IN HONOR OF CERTAIN MILITARY UNITS, FIGURES OR EVENTS; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATION OF THIS STATUTE; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "MISSISSIPPI HERITAGE PROTECTION 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 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 SenateJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
Public PropertyJan 9 to Jan 31 · 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.
In the Senate Jan 9 – Jan 31
- Jan 9Referred to the Senate committee on Public Property
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To Public PropertySenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate