Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on April 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 3216
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX UPON THE RETAIL SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES EQUAL TO ONE PERCENT OF THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF THOSE SALES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ALL OF THE REVENUE COLLECTED UNDER THE PRECEDING PROVISION SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI SUPPLEMENTAL TRAUMA CARE AND MEDICAID FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE EXCISE TAX ON CIGARETTES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUCH TAX INCREASE SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI SUPPLEMENTAL TRAUMA CARE AND MEDICAID FUND; TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI SUPPLEMENTAL TRAUMA CARE AND MEDICAID FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES IN SUCH SPECIAL FUND MAY BE USED BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, UPON APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH FUNDS IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEMS FUND MAY BE USED; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES IN THE MISSISSIPPI SUPPLEMENTAL TRAUMA CARE AND MEDICAID FUND MAY BE USED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE - DIVISION OF MEDICAID, UPON APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
20 co-sponsors
Eric Powell, Robert L. Jackson, Bill Stone, Vincent Davis, Kenneth Wayne Jones, Haskins Montgomery, Kelvin Butler, Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Gray Tollison, David Blount, Willie Simmons, Ezell Lee, Bennie L. Turner, Alice Harden, Sampson Jackson II, Tommy Dickerson, Hillman Terome Frazier, Deborah Jeanne Dawkins, John Horhn, David Jordan
Its course
April 11 to April 18, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateApr 11 to Apr 18 · stopped7 days
Public Health and WelfareApr 11 to Apr 18 · stopped7 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Apr 11 – Apr 18
- Apr 11Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Finance
- Apr 18Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Apr 11Referred To Public Health and Welfare;FinanceSenate
- Apr 18Died In CommitteeSenate