l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 782

Gaming; create Mississippi Internet Poker Act.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Gaming Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI INTERNET POKER ACT; TO MAKE FINDINGS REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE TO REGULATE INTERNET POKER AS THE EXCLUSIVE INTERNET GAME ALLOWED ONLINE IN MISSISSIPPI; TO SET FORTH DEFINITIONS THAT APPLY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT; TO PROVIDE A PROCESS WHEREBY THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION MAY ISSUE INTERNET WAGERING PERMITS TO GAMING LICENSEES; TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL POWERS TO THE COMMISSION, AS NECESSARY TO REGULATE LAWFUL INTERNET GAMING; TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL LICENSE FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE PERCENT ON THE INTERNET WAGERING GROSS REVENUES PER CALENDAR MONTH; TO PRESCRIBE THE MANNER IN WHICH LAWFUL INTERNET GAMING MAY BE CONDUCTED; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 75-76-5, 75-76-33, 75-76-81, 75-76-101, 75-76-157, 75-76-177, 75-76-191, 75-76-195 AND 75-76-325, 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

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Gaming and on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Gaming;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives