Mississippi House Bill 1308 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

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

Rep. Joey Hood [R]

Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]

Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-29	House	DR - TSDPCS: TO To AP
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Tourism;Appropriations A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1308.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1308IN.htm