Bill Text: MS HB840 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Holy Bible; designate as the official state book of Mississippi.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB840 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB840-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Rules; Constitution

By: Representatives Miles, Evans (45th), Bain, Bell (21st), Calhoun, Holloway, Massengill, Rogers (14th), Staples, Steverson

House Bill 840

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 3-3-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DESIGNATE THE HOLY BIBLE AS THE OFFICIAL STATE BOOK OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The following shall be codified as Section 3-3-59, Mississippi Code of 1972: 

     3-3-59.  The Holy Bible is hereby designated as the official state book of Mississippi.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.