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MS HB581
Bill
Status
Failed
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sam Creekmore
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AI Summary
- Amends Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, to declare June 3 as Bobbie Gentry Day in Mississippi
- June 3 honors Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter) of Woodland, Mississippi, a singer-songwriter who was one of the first female artists in America to compose and produce her own material
- Bobbie Gentry achieved international fame in 1967 with "Ode to Billie Joe," which spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968
- June 3 shall be a day of commemoration, recognition and observation of Bobbie Gentry and shall not be recognized as a legal holiday
- The act takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
Bobbie Gentry Day; declare June 3 as.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/4/2025
Committee Referrals
Rules1/15/2025
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