Mississippi Senate Bill 2873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
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 Usa Semiquincentennial Commission To Develop Programs For Observing The 250th Anniversary Of The United States Of America; To Authorize Cooperation With The United States Semiquincentennial Commission And The America250 Foundation And Other Public And Private Organizations; To Designate Specific Objectives Of The Commission; To Provide For The Membership And Organization Of The Commission; To Provide For Reimbursement Of Expenses; To Prohibit Solicitation Of Funds By Members Who Are Elected Officials Or Public Employees; To Provide For The Appointment Of An Executive Officer And Secretary To The Commission; To Provide For Advisory Committees; To Encourage The Cooperation Of State Agencies And Political Subdivisions; To Empower The Commission To Accept And Expend Funds From Private And Public Sources For This Celebration; To Create The Mississippi Semiquincentennial Celebration Fund In The State Treasury; To Require An Annual Report Of The Commission To The Governor And Legislature; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi USA Semiquincentennial Commission and Mississippi Semiquincentennial Celebration Fund; create.

Sen. Lydia Chassaniol [R]

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-01-25	Senate	DR - TSDP: TO To AP
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Tourism;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2873.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2873IN.htm