l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1308

Mississippi Gospel Music Trail; authorize MDA Division of Tourism to establish program and historical markers for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations A Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A MISSISSIPPI GOSPEL MUSIC COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO PROMOTE AUTHENTIC MISSISSIPPI GOSPEL MUSIC AND GOSPEL MUSIC CULTURE FOR PURPOSES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TO PRESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION; TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSION TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT FUNDS; TO PROVIDE FOR INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION; TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF TOURISM OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI "GOSPEL MUSIC TRAIL" INFRASTRUCTURE TO OFFER TO TOURISTS AND TARGETED GROUPS A STRUCTURED TOUR OF MISSISSIPPI GOSPEL MUSIC HISTORICAL SITES AND PERFORMANCE VENUES; TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION TO DESIGNATE AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MISSISSIPPI GOSPEL MUSIC TRAIL HISTORICAL MARKERS; 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

2 co-sponsors

Zakiya Summers, Jeffrey Hulum III

Its course

February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days

TourismFeb 19 to Feb 2910 days

Appropriations AFeb 29 to Mar 5 · stopped5 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 Feb 19 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the House committees on Tourism and on Appropriations A
  2. Reported as a committee substitute from TO to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published