l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 481

Alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer; allow any municipality in dry county to vote on legalizing sales of in the municipality.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY LOCATED IN A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW MAY CONDUCT A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY BE SOLD OR POSSESSED IN THE MUNICIPALITY; TO AMEND SECTION 67-3-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY IN A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW MAY CONDUCT A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER BEER AND LIGHT WINE MAY BE SOLD OR POSSESSED IN THE MUNICIPALITY; 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

Its course

January 11 to February 2, 2010, 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 11 to Feb 2 · stopped22 days

Ways and MeansJan 11 to Feb 2 · stopped22 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 House of Representatives Jan 11 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published