Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Gaming Committee on August 4, 2008. The 2008 First Extraordinary Session has ended.
2008 First Extraordinary Session
Senate Bill 2002
Gaming; restrict to counties that have taken certain action.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-3-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT LEGAL GAMING MAY BE CONDUCTED IN COUNTIES IN WHICH IT IS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, AND IN COUNTIES IN WHICH A NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY FOR A GAMING LICENSE HAS BEEN FILED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND EITHER A RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STATING THAT NO PETITION HAS BEEN FILED TO REQUIRE THE CALLING OF AN ELECTION ON LEGAL GAMING IN THE COUNTY, OR AN ELECTION HAS BEEN CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF CONDUCTING LEGAL GAMING IN THE COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
May 21 to August 4, 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.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted May 21
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 May 21
- May 21Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
- Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Amended in the Senate
- Passed the Senate as amended
In the House of Representatives May 22 – Aug 4
- May 22Sent to the House
- May 27Referred to the House committee on Gaming
- Aug 4Died in committee in the House