republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2020/hb-1796.md

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Bill	State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."	State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2020	HB 1796	Mississippi HB 1796 (2020)	bill	Rules	enacted	Gunn	3	15	2	2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00	2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0f13f8fa-1308-493c-a6e3-b55c73a6eed2	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anderson_(110th).xml	2994a562e8d65c4fa11f2964fb6a1142d4e8e024ac09ea1630cc08503eba62a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1796 (2020) — State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–14 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 92–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gunn — primary (person)
• Anderson (110th) — cosponsor (person)
• Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Banks — cosponsor (person)
• Bell (65th) — cosponsor (person)
• Brown (70th) — cosponsor (person)
• Burnett — cosponsor (person)
• Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Crudup — cosponsor (person)
• Denton — cosponsor (person)
• Evans (91st) — cosponsor (person)
• Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
• Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
• Foster — cosponsor (person)
• Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
• Harness — cosponsor (person)
• Hines — cosponsor (person)
• Holloway — cosponsor (person)
• Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Karriem — cosponsor (person)
• McCray — cosponsor (person)
• McGee — cosponsor (person)
• Mickens — cosponsor (person)
• Osborne — cosponsor (person)
• Paden — cosponsor (person)
• Porter — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Rosebud — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Summers — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Walker — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)
• Williams-Barnes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Suspend from Deadlines by HC 79
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Referred To Rules referral-committee
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Referred To Rules referral-committee
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Amendment Tabled
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f13f8fa-1308-493c-a6e3-b55c73a6eed2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).