# Mississippi SR 17: Recognize Dorothy "Dottie" Armstrong as recipient of the 2026 Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Arts Education.

Mississippi SR 17, Recognize Dorothy "Dottie" Armstrong as recipient of the 2026 Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Arts Education., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Tyler McCaughn (Republican); status adopted, last action 2026-02-04 (Adopted) (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SR17-2026
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Mississippi SR 17
- State: Mississippi
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Recognize Dorothy "Dottie" Armstrong as recipient of the 2026 Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in Arts Education.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-02-04, Adopted
- Sponsor: Tyler McCaughn (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (52 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tyler McCaughn (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lydia Graves Chassaniol (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Johnny L. DuPree (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jeremy England (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael McLendon (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Derrick T. Simmons (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sarita Simmons (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate | Adopted | pass | 52 | 0 |   |

## Actions (3)

- 2026-02-04: Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Title Suff Do Be Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Referred To Rules (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SR/SR0017IN.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SR/SR0017IN.pdf)
- As Passed: [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SR/SR0017PS.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SR/SR0017PS.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 1653: Local Improvements Project Fund and IHL Capital Improvements Fund; revise certain projects funded with monies from. (signed)
- HB 1924: Appropriation; Attorney General. (signed)
- SB 3051: Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of. (signed)
- SB 3110: Tax credits; authorize for contributions by certain taxpayers to certain hospitals. (signed)
- SB 2917: Budget; provide for various transfers of funds, and create various special funds. (signed)
- SB 3071: Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority. (signed)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SR/SR0017IN.htm)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SR/SR0017IN.pdf)
- [As Passed (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SR/SR0017PS.htm)
- [As Passed (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SR/SR0017PS.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1653: Local Improvements Project Fund and IHL Capital Improvements Fund; revise certa…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB1653-2026)
- [HB 1924: Appropriation; Attorney General.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB1924-2026)
- [SB 3051: Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB3051-2026)
- [SB 3110: Tax credits; authorize for contributions by certain taxpayers to certain hospit…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB3110-2026)
- [SB 2917: Budget; provide for various transfers of funds, and create various special fund…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB2917-2026)
- [SB 3071: Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Auth…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB3071-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SR17-2026 (as of 2026-10-27).