Mississippi House Bill 1285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities That Receive State Funds And Public Colleges And Universities To Display The Official State Flag On Monday Through Friday Of Each Week On Or At Each Building In Which An Office Of The Governmental Entity Is Located And On Each Campus Of Each Public College Or University; To Require That If A Governmental Entity Or A Public College Or University Is Not Displaying The Official State Flag As Required By This Section, The Attorney General Shall Notify The Governmental Entity Or The Public College Or University Of The Noncompliance, And The State Fiscal Officer Shall Withhold The Payment Of All State Funds To The Governmental Entity Or The Public College Or University Until Such Time As It Is In Compliance With The Requirements Of This Section; And For Related Purposes.

State flag; require governmental entities that receive state funds and public colleges and universities to display.

Rep. Timmy Ladner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1285.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1285IN.htm