Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2199
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "QUALIFIED RESORT AREA" UNDER THE LOCAL OPTION ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW, TO INCLUDE A MUNICIPALITY BORDERED ON ITS NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY BY THE PEARL RIVER, TRAVERSED BY U.S. HIGHWAY 49 AND INTERSTATE 20, AND LOCATED IN A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF SUCH A MUNICIPALITY MAY BY ORDINANCE SPECIFY THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF FACILITIES OFFERING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR SALE, SPECIFY THE PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE THAT FACILITIES OFFERING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR SALE MUST DERIVE FROM THE PREPARATION, COOKING AND SERVING OF MEALS AND NOT FROM THE SALE OF BEVERAGES, AND DESIGNATE THE AREAS IN WHICH FACILITIES OFFERING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR SALE MAY BE LOCATED; TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE AN ELECTION IN THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPALITY, WITH A MAJORITY VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE QUALIFIED RESORT AREA, BEFORE THE MUNICIPALITY MAY BE DESIGNATED A QUALIFIED RESORT AREA; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 13 to February 1, 2022, 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 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 days
FinanceJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 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.