Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2659
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the sale of wine at retail food stores.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "RETAIL FOOD STORE"; TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO ISSUE RETAIL FOOD STORE WINE ONLY RETAILER'S PERMIT THAT AUTHORIZES THE HOLDER THEREOF TO SELL WINE AT RETAIL AT A RETAIL FOOD STORE IN ORIGINAL SEALED AND UNOPENED, PACKAGES NOT TO BE CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES WHERE SOLD; TO PROVIDE THAT THE HOLDER OF A PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMIT MAY SELL OTHER PRODUCTS AND MERCHANDISE, EXCEPT BEER, BUT MUST DERIVE AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE REVENUE OF THE LICENSED PREMISES FROM THE RETAIL SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ORIGINAL SEALED AND UNOPENED PACKAGES NOT TO BE CONSUMED ON THE LICENSED PREMISES; TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON TO OWN OR CONTROL ANY INTEREST IN MORE THAN SIX PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMITS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-71-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THE LICENSE TAX REQUIRED FOR RETAIL FOOD STORE WINE ONLY RETAILER'S PERMITS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 67-1-41, 67-1-75, 67-1-83 AND 67-1-85, 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 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.