Around noon on Tuesday, the House decided to bring the lottery bill back up on the floor to discuss and revote. Sure enough, the bill passed.
Last night’s vote was 54-60, killing the bill but it was held on a motion to reconsider and was brought back up on the floor this morning. When Representatives voted again, they voted in favor of a lottery at 55-58.
Here’s the new lottery vote in the House that passed the bill. #msleg #mslottery pic.twitter.com/uMRk7JNsQk
— Yall Politics (@MSyallpolitics) August 28, 2018
It looks like the flips happened equally for each party, with 7 Democrats and 7 Republicans changing their tune on a lottery.
Representatives that flipped on lottery from YES TO NO:
Anderson
Byrd
Sykes
Young, from yes to presentFROM NO TO YES:
Blackmon
Ford
D. Gibbs
Holloway
Hood
Mcleod
Steverson
Wilson
Touchstone, from no to present7 Democrats flipped, 7 Republicans flipped #msleg #mslottery
— Yall Politics (@MSyallpolitics) August 28, 2018
The bill now heads to the Governor.
According to his Communication Director Clay Chandler, Gov. Bryant began discussions with the House and Senate leadership immediately following the vote to determine whether or not to formally extend the special session call to now include BP Oil money.
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