Bill Text: MS SB2310 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi Senate Bill 2310 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Official dating standards of the State of Mississippi; adopt "B.C." (Before Christ) and "A.D." (Anno Domini).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [SB2310 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2310-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Watson

Senate Bill 2310

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH "B.C."(BEFORE CHRIST) AND "A.D."(ANNO DOMINI OR "YEAR OF OUR LORD") AS THE OFFICIAL DATING STANDARDS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The official dating standard used by the State of Mississippi shall be "B.C." or Before Christ, and "A.D." or Anno Domini. Neither the state nor any county, municipality, school district or other subdivision of the state, or official or employee of the state or other subdivision thereof, acting in his official capacity, shall use any other designation. No school district in Mississippi shall adopt a textbook which uses any other designation and no museum receiving public funding shall catalogue a reference book which uses any other designation.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.