Mississippi 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 16 D · 1 I cosponsors

HB 656 — Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.

Last action — Died In Committee

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died In Committee

  2. Referred To Universities and Colleges

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 29 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Bell

Co-sponsors (29)

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 656?
HB 656 is sponsored by Clarke, Holloway, Hudson, Jeramey Anderson (Democrat), Bell, Johnson_(94th), Gibbs_(72nd), Earle S. Banks (Democrat), Willie Bailey (Democrat), Calhoun, Bryant W. Clark (Democrat), Angela Cockerham (Independent), Dixon, Dortch, John G. Faulkner (Democrat), Oscar Denton (Democrat), Kabir Karriem (Democrat), Carl Mickens (Democrat), Tracey T. Rosebud (Democrat), Omeria Scott (Democrat), Straughter, Sykes, Young, Williams-Barnes, Percy W. Watson (Democrat), Cheikh Taylor (Democrat), Cedric Burnett (Democrat), Lawrence Blackmon (Democrat), Otis Anthony (Democrat), and Jeffery Harness (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 656?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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