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MS SC536

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Failed

3/29/2019

Primary Sponsor

Deborah Dawkins

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the United States Department of the Treasury to place a woman's face on paper currency to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Women's Suffrage Constitutional Amendment in 2020.

  • Notes that Martha Washington is the only woman (besides Lady Liberty) to appear on American paper currency, featured on an 1886 silver certificate.

  • References the "Women On 20s" initiative, which proposes replacing Andrew Jackson's image on the $20 bill with a notable woman from American history, with potential candidates including Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

  • Directs the Mississippi Secretary of State to transmit the resolution to the President, Treasury Secretary, Mississippi's congressional delegation, the Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women, and the Capitol Press Corps.

Legislative Description

Urge the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury to place a woman's face on our paper currency in honor of 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/29/2019

Committee Referrals

Rules1/21/2019

Full Bill Text

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