Mississippi House Bill 2 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on August 29 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-08-29 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish A State Lottery To Be Known As The "mississippi Lottery For Education," A State Lottery To Be Administered By The Mississippi Gaming Commission; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission Regarding The Administration Of The State Lottery; To Provide That The Purpose Of The Lottery Is To Fund The Mississippi Hope Scholarship Program; To Create The Mississippi Hope Scholarship Trust Fund; To Provide For The Allocation Of The Proceeds Collected From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets In The State, After Deducting Certain Administrative And Prize Expenses; To Require Forty-five Percent Of The Proceeds Collected From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets In The State To Be Allocated As Prize Money; To Require A Percentage Of The Proceeds From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets Within A County To Be Distributed To That County; To Require The Remainder Of The Net Proceeds To 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 scholarship program.

Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]

Rep. Stephen Holland [D]

Rep. John Hines [D]

Rep. Robert Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-08-29	House	Died In Committee
2018-08-24	House	Referred To Gaming

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20181E/pdf/history/HB/HB0002.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20181E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0002IN.htm