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	<YEAR>2026</YEAR>
	<SESSION>Regular Session</SESSION>
	<SHORTTITLE>Food deserts; require Department of Health to track in Mississippi.</SHORTTITLE>
	<LONGTITLE>AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO TRACK FOOD DESERTS WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER 31 OF EACH YEAR IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF FOOD DESERTS IN THE STATE AND HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD DESERTS; TO DEFINE THE TERM "FOOD DESERT"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.</LONGTITLE>
	<DATETIMELASTCHG>02/03/26 at 19:06</DATETIMELASTCHG>
 
	<MEASURE>
		<MSR_HS>H</MSR_HS>
		<MSR_TYPE>B</MSR_TYPE>
		<MSR_NUM>1437</MSR_NUM>
		<FORMAT_MSRID>House Bill 1437</FORMAT_MSRID>
		<SHORT_MSRID>HB 1437</SHORT_MSRID>
		<OWNER>H</OWNER>
	</MEASURE>
 
	<BACKGROUND>
		<DISPOSITION>Dead</DISPOSITION>
		<DEADLINE>General Bill/Constitutional Amendment</DEADLINE>
		<REVENUE>No</REVENUE>
		<VOTETYPE>Majority</VOTETYPE>
		<EFFECTIVEDATE>July 1, 2026</EFFECTIVEDATE>
	</BACKGROUND>
	<COMMITTEES>
		<HOUSE>
			<H_NAME>Public Health and Human Services</H_NAME>
			<H_INCMTE>T</H_INCMTE>
			<H_LINK>../../House_cmtes/PH.xml</H_LINK>
		</HOUSE>
	</COMMITTEES>
	<AUTHORS>
		<PRINCIPAL>
			<P_NAME>Gibbs (72nd)</P_NAME>
			<P_LINK>../../House_authors/Gibbs_(72nd).xml</P_LINK>
		</PRINCIPAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Brown</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Brown.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Summers</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Summers.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Butler-Washington</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Butler-Washington.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Clark</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Clark.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Holloway (27th)</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Holloway_(27th).xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
	</AUTHORS>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 1</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>01/16 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 2</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>02/03 (H) Died In Committee</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<DOCUMENTS>
		<CURRENT>
			<CURRENT_PDF>../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1437IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF>
			<CURRENT_OTHER>../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1437IN.htm</CURRENT_OTHER>
		</CURRENT>
		<INTRO>
			<INTRO_PDF>../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1437IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF>
			<INTRO_OTHER>../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1437IN.htm</INTRO_OTHER>
		</INTRO>
		<FISCALNOTE>
			<FISCALNOTEFLAG>N</FISCALNOTEFLAG>
			<FISCALNOTEPATH>../../../../documents/2026/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1437.pdf</FISCALNOTEPATH>
		</FISCALNOTE>
	</DOCUMENTS>
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