l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1102

Tourism; create advisory board and divert percentage of restaurant and hotel sales tax revenue for advertising.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A MISSISSIPPI TOURISM ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION ADVISORY BOARD TO ASSIST THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN THE PLANNING OF INITIATIVES FOR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTING TOURISM IN MISSISSIPPI; TO ESTABLISH THE MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH BOARD AS CONSISTING OF THREE DIRECTORS OF CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAUS IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES OR MUNICIPALITIES AND TWO AT-LARGE MEMBERS FROM THE RESTAURANT OR HOTEL INDUSTRY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCH BOARD MEMBERS BY THE GOVERNOR, WITH MEMBERS SERVING TERMS CONCURRENT WITH THAT OF THE GOVERNOR; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIVERT ONE PERCENT OF SALES TAX REVENUE FROM RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TOURISM ADVERTISING FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2019, TO BE INCREASED TO TWO PERCENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND TO THREE PERCENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND THEREAFTER; 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

2 co-sponsors

Greg Haney, Deborah Butler Dixon

Its course

January 21 to March 5, 2019, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 616 days

Ways and MeansJan 21 to Jan 3110 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 5 · stopped27 days

FinanceFeb 20 to Mar 5 · stopped13 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 21 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 6Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 7 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 7Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 6PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 20Referred To FinanceSenate
  6. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate