Mississippi 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 29 D cosponsors

HB 687 — The "Crown" Act; authorize to prohibit discrimination based on natural or protective hairstyles.

Last action — Died In Committee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died In Committee

  2. DR - TSDPCS: BC To JA

  3. Referred To Business and Commerce;Judiciary A

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Paden

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 687?
HB 687 is sponsored by Paden, Zakiya Summers (Democrat), Cheikh Taylor (Democrat), John W. Hines, Sr. (Democrat), Bo Brown (Democrat), Jeffery Harness (Democrat), Jeffrey Hulum III (Democrat), Bryant W. Clark (Democrat), Otis Anthony (Democrat), Willie Bailey (Democrat), Christopher M. Bell (Democrat), Cedric Burnett (Democrat), Tamarra Butler-Washington (Democrat), Ronnie C. Crudup (Democrat), Oscar Denton (Democrat), John G. Faulkner (Democrat), Justis Gibbs (Democrat), Kenji Holloway (Democrat), Gregory Holloway, Sr. (Democrat), Reginald Jackson (Democrat), Timaka James-Jones (Democrat), Kabir Karriem (Democrat), Carl Mickens (Democrat), Fabian Nelson (Democrat), Tracey T. Rosebud (Democrat), Robert L. Sanders (Democrat), Omeria Scott (Democrat), Rickey Thompson (Democrat), Hester Jackson McCray (Democrat), and Robert L. Johnson III (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 687?
This bill died with 2024 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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