Mississippi Senate Bill 2541

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "grocery Store"; To Amend Section 67-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Department Of Revenue To Issue Grocery Store Wine-only Retailer's Permits That Authorize The Holder Thereof To Sell Wine At Retail At A Grocery 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 50% 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 Grocery 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.

Alcoholic beverages; authorize the sale of wine in grocery stores.

Sen. Walter Michel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2025-01-20	Senate	Referred To Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	71	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
67	1	41	Amended Code	See Bill Text
67	1	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
67	1	51	Amended Code	See Bill Text
67	1	75	Amended Code	See Bill Text
67	1	83	Amended Code	See Bill Text
67	1	85	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2541.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2541IN.htm