Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Gaming Committee on August 29, 2018. The 2018 First Extraordinary Session has ended.
2018 First Extraordinary Session
House Bill 2
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education scholarship program.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE LOTTERY TO BE KNOWN AS THE "MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY FOR EDUCATION," A STATE LOTTERY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE LOTTERY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE LOTTERY IS TO FUND THE MISSISSIPPI HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HOPE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS IN THE STATE, AFTER DEDUCTING CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRIZE EXPENSES; TO REQUIRE FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS IN THE STATE TO BE ALLOCATED AS PRIZE MONEY; TO REQUIRE A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS WITHIN A COUNTY TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THAT COUNTY; TO REQUIRE THE REMAINDER OF THE NET PROCEEDS TO 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
3 co-sponsors
D. Stephen Holland, John W. Hines, Sr., Robert L. Johnson III
Its course
August 24 to August 29, 2018, 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 RepresentativesAug 24 to Aug 29 · stopped5 days
GamingAug 24 to Aug 29 · stopped5 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.