Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 68
State holiday; observe Robert E. Lee's birthday on the same day as Condederate Memorial Day.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXCLUSIVELY RECOGNIZE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S BIRTHDAY ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY; TO OBSERVE ROBERT E. LEE'S BIRTHDAY ON THE SAME DAY AS CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY; TO REMOVE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY AS A LEGAL STATE HOLIDAY; 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
22 co-sponsors
Bryant W. Clark, Daryl Porter, Timaka James-Jones, John W. Hines, Sr., Kenji Holloway, John G. Faulkner, Solomon C. Osborne, Robert L. Sanders, Jeffrey Hulum III, Jeffery Harness, Otis Anthony, Tracey T. Rosebud, Robert L. Johnson III, Willie Bailey, Tamarra Butler-Washinton, Earle S. Banks, Christopher M. Bell, Ronnie C. Crudup, Oscar Denton, Justis Gibbs, Carl Mickens, Rickey Thompson
Its course
January 17 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 days
RulesJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 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.