Freedom Caucus | Bills Tracker

Tourism

Bill Number	Bill Description	Bill Status
HB 252 Neutral	Festival wine permits; extend repealers on authority to issue and certain provisions relating to.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill extends the repealer to exempt festival wine permit holders from being forced to buy their alcohol from the DOR's distribution warehouse. This does promote some free market principles, but the more free market solution would be to abolish the DOR warehouse and its' monopoly.
HB 419 Bad Policy	Tourism; provide assistance to destination marketing organization.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill is a waste of taxpayer dollars and a misuse of government money by propping up tourism and marketing corporations.
HB 704 Bad Policy	Television series production; provide incentives for certain.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill is a misuse of taxpayer dollars, giving money to media companies that make shows in Mississippi to promote tourism.
HB 772 Neutral	Mississippi Opal; designate as official state gemstone.	Dead
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HB 1027 Neutral	State Fruit; designate the blueberry as.	Alive
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HB 1266 Neutral	Mississippi USA Semiquincentennial Commission and Mississippi Semiquincentennial Celebration Fund; create.	Dead
	Analysis: The bill establishes a board and a fund to promote the 250th anniversary of America.
SB 2006 Neutral	Festival wine permits; remove repealers and reverters on provisions relating to.	Dead
	Analysis: The bill does removes some regulations by removing the repealers and allowing those with festival wine permits the ability to buy their alcohol from more places than just the DOR distribution center, and also allows anyone with a package retail permit to sell edibles. It does remove those with distillery retail permits from those who can buy alcohol from somewhere other than the DOR, forcing them back into a monopolized market.
SB 2050 Not Rated	Mississippi Development Authority; require periodic PEER review of effectiveness of Tourism Advertising Fund expenditures.	Dead
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SB 2137 Neutral	'Mississippi Native Plant Month'; designate each April as.	Alive
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SB 2138 Neutral	Tourism; designate the Mississippi Opal as the state gemstone.	Alive
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SB 2139 Bad Policy	Mississippi USA Semiquincentennial Commission and Mississippi Semiquincentennial Celebration Fund; create.	Alive
	Analysis: The bill establishes a board and a fund to promote the 250th anniversary of America.
SB 2359 Bad Policy	Tourism; Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program.	Alive
	Analysis: It is not a core function of government to use taxpayer dollars to provide loans for beautification projects.
SB 2513 Not Rated	Designate American Quarter Horse as the 'Official State Horse of the State of Mississippi.'	Dead
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SB 2732 Not Rated	Tourism; create the Mississippi Golf Association Grant Program.	Dead
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SB 2830 Bad Policy	Tourism; revise list of entities that may not have interest in wholesalers or distributors.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill is increasing government regulation and allowing them to dictate how businesses can operate.

KEY:	* = Amended	% = 3/5ths Vote Required	V = Vetoed
	$ = Revenue	@ = Exempted From Deadline	P = Partially Vetoed