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	<YEAR>2025</YEAR>
	<SESSION>Regular Session</SESSION>
	<SHORTTITLE>State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.</SHORTTITLE>
	<LONGTITLE>AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXCLUSIVELY RECOGNIZE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S BIRTHDAY ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY; TO REMOVE ROBERT E. LEE'S BIRTHDAY AS A LEGAL STATE HOLIDAY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.</LONGTITLE>
	<DATETIMELASTCHG>03/09/25 at 10:56</DATETIMELASTCHG>
 
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		<MSR_HS>H</MSR_HS>
		<MSR_TYPE>B</MSR_TYPE>
		<MSR_NUM> 704</MSR_NUM>
		<FORMAT_MSRID>House Bill  704</FORMAT_MSRID>
		<SHORT_MSRID>HB 704</SHORT_MSRID>
		<OWNER>H</OWNER>
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	<BACKGROUND>
		<DISPOSITION>Dead</DISPOSITION>
		<DEADLINE>General Bill/Constitutional Amendment</DEADLINE>
		<REVENUE>No</REVENUE>
		<VOTETYPE>Majority</VOTETYPE>
		<EFFECTIVEDATE>July 1, 2025</EFFECTIVEDATE>
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			<H_NAME>Rules</H_NAME>
			<H_INCMTE>T</H_INCMTE>
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	<AUTHORS>
		<PRINCIPAL>
			<P_NAME>Karriem</P_NAME>
			<P_LINK>../../House_authors/Karriem.xml</P_LINK>
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		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Blackmon</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Blackmon.xml</CO_LINK>
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	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>003-0003-0007</SECTION>
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	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 1</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>01/15 (H) Referred To Rules</ACT_DESC>
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	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 2</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>02/04 (H) Died In Committee</ACT_DESC>
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			<CURRENT_PDF>../../../../documents/2025/pdf/HB/0700-0799/HB0704IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF>
			<CURRENT_PDF_DT>../../../../documents/2025/dt/HB/0700-0799/HB0704IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF_DT>
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			<INTRO_PDF>../../../../documents/2025/pdf/HB/0700-0799/HB0704IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF>
			<INTRO_PDF_DT>../../../../documents/2025/dt/HB/0700-0799/HB0704IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF_DT>
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			<FISCALNOTEFLAG>N</FISCALNOTEFLAG>
			<FISCALNOTEPATH>../../../../documents/2025/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0704.pdf</FISCALNOTEPATH>
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