Mississippi House Bill 922 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Make It Unlawful For Any Person To Sell Cards, Tokens, Chips Or Similar Items, That Entitle A Buyer To Long Distance Telephone Service Or Other Forms Of Service, And That Are Attached To, Accompanied By Or Part Of A Scratch Pad, Bar Code Or Similar Item That The Buyer May Use To Win, Redeem Or Otherwise Obtain Anything Of Value Greater Than The Amount Paid For The Card, Token, Chip Or Other Item; To Require The State Gaming Commission To Establish And Maintain A Toll-free Telephone Number For The Purpose Of Receiving Reports Of Illegal Gambling Activities; To Amend Sections 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-9 And 75-76-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity With The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Gaming; sale of certain scratch-off cards is illegal gambling activity.

Rep. Richard Bennett [R]

Rep. Timmy Ladner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Gaming

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0922.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0922IN.htm