Bill Text: MS HB28 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mississippi Department of Human Services employees; remove prohibition on participating in political campaigns for.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB28 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2024-HB28-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Human Services; Apportionment and Elections

By: Representative Hines

House Bill 28

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 43-1-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT NO COMMISSIONER OR ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENTS SHALL TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN ANY PARTISAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 43-1-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides that no commissioner or any other employee of the state or county welfare departments shall take an active part in any partisan political campaign, is repealed.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.