Bill Text: MS HB287 | 2025 | Regular Session | Engrossed

---

Bill Title: State vegetable; designate sweet potato as.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2025-01-30 - Transmitted To Senate [HB287 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2025-HB287-Engrossed.html

---

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2025 Regular Session

To: Agriculture

By: Representatives Lancaster, Carpenter

House Bill 287

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE SWEET POTATO AS THE STATE VEGETABLE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is designated as the state vegetable of Mississippi.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.