Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Gaming Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 683
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE "MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY FOR EDUCATION"; TO CREATE A STATE LOTTERY TO FUND THE MISSISSIPPI HOPE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE LOTTERY SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION REGARDING THE STATE LOTTERY; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HOPE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS WITHIN A COUNTY SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THAT COUNTY; TO PROVIDE THAT, AFTER DEDUCTING CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRIZE EXPENSES, THE REMAINDER OF THE NET PROCEEDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI HOPE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-106-5, 67-1-71, 75-76-3, 75-76-5, 97-33-9, 97-33-11, 97-33-13, 97-33-21, 97-33-23, 97-33-31, 97-33-33, 97-33-35, 97-33-37, 97-33-39, 97-33-41, 97-33-43, 97-33-45, 97-33-47 AND 97-33-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO 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 13 to February 1, 2011, 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 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 days
GamingJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 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.