Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Tourism Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2589
Alcoholic beverages; authorize package retailers to sample product and hold tasting/sampling events.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, RELATING TO THE LOCAL OPTION ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW, TO PROVIDE THAT A PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMIT SHALL AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER TO SAMPLE NEW PRODUCT FURNISHED BY A MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE OR HIS EMPLOYEES AT THE PERMITTED PLACE OF BUSINESS; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH SAMPLES MAY NOT BE PROVIDED TO CUSTOMERS AT THE PERMITTED PLACE OF BUSINESS; TO PROVIDE THAT A PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMIT SHALL AUTHORIZE TASTING OR SAMPLING EVENTS TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMITTED PLACE OF BUSINESS DURING WHICH TASTES OR SAMPLES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY BE OFFERED OR SERVED TO CONSUMERS AT NO COST; TO LIMIT THE DURATION OF TASTING OR SAMPLING EVENTS AND THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THAT MAY BE SERVED TO ANY ONE PERSON AT SUCH EVENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRODUCT TASTED OR SAMPLED AT SUCH EVENTS MUST BE PRODUCT THAT IS IN THE INVENTORY OF THE PACKAGE RETAILER CONDUCTING THE EVENT; TO PROVIDE THAT A PACKAGE RETAILER MAY CONDUCT NOT MORE THAN TWELVE EVENTS DURING A CALENDAR YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
TourismJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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.