Mississippi House Bill 683 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The "mississippi Lottery For Education"; To Create A State Lottery To Fund The Mississippi Hope Scholarship Trust Fund; To Provide That The State Lottery Shall Be Administered By The Mississippi Gaming Commission; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission Regarding The State Lottery; To Create The Mississippi Hope Scholarship Trust Fund To Provide That A Percentage Of The Proceeds Collected From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets Within A County Shall Be Distributed To That County; To Provide That, After Deducting Certain Administrative And Prize Expenses, The Remainder Of The Net Proceeds Shall 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.

Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education.

Rep. Earle Banks [D]	Rep. Credell Calhoun [D]	Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]	Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]
Rep. Mary Coleman [D]	Rep. James Evans [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Frank Hamilton [R]
Rep. Esther Harrison [D]	Rep. John Hines [D]	Rep. Gregory Holloway [D]	Rep. Robert Johnson [D]
Rep. America Middleton [D]	Rep. John Read [R]	Rep. Ferr Smith [D]	Rep. Sara Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-13		Referred To Gaming

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0683.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0683IN.htm