State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.

HB 704 would have amended Mississippi's state holiday law to exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January, while removing Robert E. Lee's birthday and Confederate Memorial Day as legal holidays. The bill specifically removed the "last Monday of April" entry for Confederate Memorial Day and replaced it with Dr. King's birthday as the sole January holiday, affecting state operations and public school schedules. It did not create new paid holidays but restructured existing ones, with other observances like Elvis Presley Day remaining non-holiday recognitions. The bill died in committee on February 4, 2025, and never became law.