Mississippi House Concurrent Resolution 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: Passed on June 27 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-06-27 - Enrolled Bill Signed
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

A Concurrent Resolution Suspending The Deadlines For The Purpose Of Requesting The Drafting, And The Introduction, Consideration And Passage, Of A Bill Entitled "an Act To Establish A Commission To Redesign The Mississippi State Flag; To Prescribe The Membership Of The Commission And To Provide For Its Organization And Meetings; To Provide That The Design For The Mississippi State Flag Recommended By The Commission Shall Not Include The Design Of The Confederate Battle Flag But Shall Include The Words "in God We Trust"; To Provide That The Commission Shall Make Its Recommendation For A Design For The New Mississippi State Flag By September 14, 2020; To Provide That The Design For The New Mississippi State Flag Recommended By The Commission Shall Be Placed On The Ballot In A Special Election To Be Held On November 3, 2020; To Provide That If A Majority Of The Qualified Electors Vote For The New Design, Then The Legislature Shall Enact Into Law The New Design As The Official Mississippi State Flag; To Provide That If A Majority Of The Qualified Electors Vote Against The New Design, Then The Commission To Redesign The Mississippi State Flag Shall Reconvene To Recommend A New Design For The Mississippi State Flag To Be Presented To The Legislature During The 2021 Regular Session; To Require That The Special Election Be Administered By Means Of Ballots Containing A Color Picture Or Drawing Of The Design For The Mississippi State Flag; To Require The Secretary Of State To Provide Those Ballots To The Election Commissioners Of Each County; To Amend Sections 23-15-351 And 23-15-355, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Repeal Section 3-3-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Design For The Official Flag Of The State Of Mississippi; And For Related Purposes."

Suspend deadlines for introduction; State Flag; revise with a Commission and require words "In God We Trust."

Rep. Philip Gunn [R]	Rep. Robert Johnson [D]	Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]	Rep. John Faulkner [D]
Rep. Orlando Paden [D]	Rep. John Hines [D]	Rep. Jarvis Dortch [D]	Rep. Oscar Denton [D]
Rep. Carl Mickens [D]	Rep. Stephanie Foster [D]	Rep. Hester Jackson-McCray [D]	Rep. Jeffery Harness [D]
Rep. Missy Warren McGee [R]	Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes [D]	Rep. Lataisha Jackson [D]

2020-06-27 - Senate - Senate Adopted (Y: 36 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-27 - House - House Adopted (Y: 84 N: 35 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-27	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-06-27	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-06-27	Senate	Returned For Enrolling
2020-06-27	Senate	Immediate Release
2020-06-27	Senate	Adopted
2020-06-27	Senate	Title Suff Do Be Adopted
2020-06-27	Senate	Referred To Rules
2020-06-27	House	Transmitted To Senate
2020-06-27	House	Immediate Release
2020-06-27	House	Adopted
2020-06-27	House	Title Suff Do Be Adopted
2020-06-27	House	Referred To Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HC/HC0079.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HC/HC0079IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HC/HC0079PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HC/HC0079SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/HC0079_H_Amend_01.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/1730060.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/1730101.pdf