Appropriation; Holmes County Heritage and Cultural Foundation for construction of Hazel Brannon Smith Memorial Park.

HB 1859 would have provided $250,000 from the state general fund to the Holmes County Heritage and Cultural Foundation to cover construction costs for Hazel Brannon Smith Memorial Park in Lexington. The park, intended to honor Hazel Brannon Smith (a Holmes County journalist and 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing), would be an outdoor memorial with exhibits. The bill specified that state funds would be paid via the State Treasurer upon proper requisitions. However, the bill died in committee on February 26, 2025, and did not advance further.