HC 23 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

B.B. King or Elvis Presley; request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of Jefferson Davis with either.

This bill (HC 23) is a procedural request by Mississippi to replace the statue of Jefferson Davis in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall with a statue of either B.B. King or Elvis Presley. It directly affects Mississippi's representation in the National Statuary Hall Collection, which honors notable figures from each state. The resolution cites Mississippi's musical heritage - highlighting B.B. King's roots in Indianola and Elvis Presley's birthplace in Tupelo - as justification for the change. The bill was referred to committee but died in committee on April 3, 2025, and remains a non-binding request to the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025