Mississippi Senate Bill 2616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 10 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-10 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 75-76-58, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Gaming Commission To Coordinate With The Department Of Human Services To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Providing For The Withholding Of Payments Of Progressive Slot Machine Annuities And Cash Gaming Winnings Of Persons Who Have Outstanding Child-support Arrearages As Reported To The Gaming Commission, For Any And All Payments For Which An Entity Licensed Or Permitted Under The Gaming Control Act Is Required To File Form W2-g, Or A Substantially Equivalent Form, With The United States Internal Revenue Service; To Authorize Any Licensed Or Permitted Gaming Entity To Deduct An Administrative Fee From Each Payment Of A Progressive Slot Machine Annuity, Beginning With The Second Annuity Payment, Or Cash Gaming Winnings Of Persons Who Have Outstanding Child-support Arrearages Or Owe Child-support Overpayments Per Singular Or Periodic Payment, Not To Exceed $35.00; To Require The Gaming Commission To Adopt Procedures Designed To Prevent Employees From Willfully Failing To Withhold Payments Of Progressive Slot Machine Annuities Or Cash Gaming Winnings From Persons Who Have Outstanding Child-support Arrearages Or Child-support Overpayments, Based Upon The Information Provided By The Department Of Human Services That Allows The Licensee To Identify Such Persons; To Require The Gaming Commission And The Department Of Human Services To Institute Procedures For Exchanging Information For Effectuating The Purposes Of This Act; To Amend Section 75-76-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add A Statement Of Legislative Intent In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Gaming; require winnings to be reported to MDHS for offsetting outstanding child-support obligations.

Sen. Walter Michel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-10	Senate	Died On Calendar
2022-02-01	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
75	76	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2616.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2616IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2616CS.htm