State holiday; observe Robert E. Lee's birthday on the same day as Confederate Memorial Day.

HB 847 would have amended Mississippi's state holiday code by removing "Confederate Memorial Day" as a legal holiday and relocating Robert E. Lee's birthday to the same date (the last Monday in April), while keeping Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as the third Monday in January. The bill did not create new holidays but restructured existing ones, eliminating the Confederate Memorial Day observance and attaching Lee's birthday to the April date. This proposed change would have affected state employees, schools, and government operations by altering which days are recognized as legal holidays. The bill died in committee in February 2025 and did not become law.