2024 Regular Session • Mississippi Legislature
HB51: State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
Legislative Summary
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclusively Recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday On The Third Monday Of January; To Remove Robert E. Lee's Birthday As A Legal State Holiday; And For Related Purposes.
Bill History
1/17/2024
Referred To Rules
House of Representatives
3/5/2024
Died In Committee
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Failed(3/5/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine Die
Sponsors
Democrat: 24
Primary Sponsor
Kabir Karriem
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (23)
Bryant Clark
Democrat
Daryl Porter
Democrat
John Faulkner
Democrat
John Hines
Democrat
Timaka James-Jones
Democrat
Kenji Holloway
Democrat
Solomon Osborne
Democrat
Robert Sanders
Democrat
Jeffrey Hulum
Democrat
Jeffery Harness
Democrat
Otis Anthony
Democrat
Tracey Rosebud
Democrat
Robert Johnson
Democrat
Willie Bailey
Democrat
Tamarra Butler-Washington
Democrat
Earle Banks
Democrat
Christopher Bell
Democrat
Lawrence Blackmon
Democrat
Ronnie Crudup
Democrat
Oscar Denton
Democrat
Justis Gibbs
Democrat
Carl Mickens
Democrat
Rickey Thompson
Democrat