MS HB846

Designates June 19 (Juneteenth) as a legal holiday in Mississippi, adding it to the existing list of state holidays including New Year's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Christmas Day

Commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger announced freedom from slavery to 250,000 enslaved individuals in Galveston, Texas, nearly two years after the Emancipation Proclamation

Notes that 47 states and the District of Columbia have already declared Juneteenth a public holiday, and Congress passed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in 2021 with bipartisan support from Mississippi's congressional delegation

Allows local governing authorities to substitute Juneteenth (like most other legal holidays) for Mardi Gras Day or another day of their choosing, except for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Veterans' Day which cannot be substituted