Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Gaming Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 1111
Gaming; sale of certain scratch-off cards is illegal gambling activity.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO SELL CARDS, TOKENS, CHIPS OR SIMILAR ITEMS, THAT ENTITLE A BUYER TO LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE OR OTHER FORMS OF SERVICE, AND THAT ARE ATTACHED TO, ACCOMPANIED BY OR PART OF A SCRATCH PAD, BAR CODE OR SIMILAR ITEM THAT THE BUYER MAY USE TO WIN, REDEEM OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN ANYTHING OF VALUE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE CARD, TOKEN, CHIP OR OTHER ITEM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE GAMING COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING REPORTS OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING ACTIVITIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-9 AND 75-76-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2009, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
GamingJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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.