HR 80 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Rust College; designate March 26, 2025, as Rust College Day at the Capitol.

This is a ceremonial resolution (not a policy bill) designating March 26, 2025, as "Rust College Day" at the Mississippi Capitol. It honors Rust College, a historically Black institution founded in 1866, recognizing its 159-year legacy of academic excellence and its role in producing leaders in Mississippi. The resolution does not create new laws or affect any individuals or policies - it simply sets aside a specific date for the legislature to formally acknowledge the college's contributions. The resolution was passed by the Mississippi House of Representatives on March 17, 2025.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025
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The bill underwent formatting and structural changes from its original introduction to its final adopted version. The main substantive content remains the same - designating March 26, 2025 as Rust College Day at the Mississippi Capitol. Changes include reorganization of text layout, removal of page headers/footers, and some text formatting adjustments, but no policy, funding, or eligibility changes were made.
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Text reorganized from multi-page format with page numbers and headers to a single continuous document

Removed Mississippi Legislature session headers and page numbering from the adopted version

Some text formatting changes including removal of line numbers and adjustment of paragraph spacing

Added 'As Adopted by House' designation to indicate final version status

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Committee
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Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Be Adopted
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
Referred To Rules
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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John Faulkner
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