SR 18 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Recognize Tate Taylor as the recipient of the Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Motion Picture.

This is a ceremonial resolution (SR 18), not a policy bill. It formally recognizes filmmaker Tate Taylor of Natchez, Mississippi, as the 2025 recipient of the Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Motion Picture. The resolution commends Taylor for his film work (including *The Help* and *Get On Up*), his economic impact on Mississippi through filming locations and job creation, and his community contributions like restoring historic sites and supporting local businesses. It has no legal effect or policy changes - it simply offers official Senate recognition.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2025 Last action Jan 30, 2025
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This document is a Senate Resolution (SR 18) recognizing filmmaker Tate Taylor for the 2025 Governor's Arts Award. The changes between versions are primarily formatting and layout adjustments rather than substantive policy changes. The content of the resolution remains the same, with only minor text reorganization and addition of page headers/footers from the official legislative record.
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Header and footer formatting changed from original draft to adopted version, including addition of official page numbers and session identifiers.

Text reorganization with some paragraphs renumbered and minor spacing adjustments throughout the document.

Some special characters (like zero-width spaces) were added in certain 'WHEREAS' clauses during the adoption process.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2025

How they voted

510
Passed
Total votes 51
Jan 30, 2025
D Democratic16
16 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican35
35 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Total actions
3
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Be Adopted
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Rules
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors

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