Commend Simpson Academy Lady Cougars Girls Basketball Team and Coach Linda Dear for winning 2026 MAIS 4A State Championship.
This Senate Resolution commends the Simpson Academy Lady Cougars girls basketball team and head coach Linda Dear for winning the 2026 MAIS Class 4A Division 1 State Championship. The resolution recognizes the team's victory over East Rankin Academy and their runner-up finish in the overall tournament, highlighting key achievements such as Coach Dear's fifth state title and the team's 30-5 record. The document formally acknowledges the players and coaching staff for their accomplishments and directs the resolution to be presented to Coach Dear and Simpson Academy leadership.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 9, 2026
Last action Mar 20, 2026
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The bill was amended to change the formatting and layout from a standard legislative draft to an adopted version with different page headers and footers. The substantive content of the resolution remains identical, including the commendation of the Simpson Academy Lady Cougars basketball team and Coach Linda Dear for their 2026 state championship victory. No policy, scope, or eligibility changes were made.
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Page headers and footers were replaced with adopted version markers including session information and page numbering.
Line numbering was removed and replaced with bullet points and special formatting characters in the WHEREAS clauses.
The resolution title and introductory text were reorganized to match adopted legislative formatting standards.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2026
How they voted
45–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 52
Mar 20, 2026
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican34
79% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Be Adopted
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Referred To Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andy Berry
RRepublican
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