Mississippi House Bill 656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - 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 Authorize And Direct 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]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Tourism

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0656.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0656IN.htm