Mississippi House approves carrying booze, distillery sales

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Mississippians are getting closer to being able to buy alcohol at distilleries and carry alcohol through dry counties without fear of arrest.

Posted: Jan 31, 2018 10:19 AM

Updated: Jan 31, 2018 12:41 PM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippians are getting closer to being able to buy alcohol at distilleries and carry alcohol through dry counties without fear of arrest.

House members on Wednesday approved the measures, sending them to the Senate for more debate.

House Bill 192 says people could carry alcohol, wine and beer through dry areas on a state or federal highway if containers are unopened.

Right now, people can be charged for possessing alcohol in a dry county. Such charges can be aimed at bootleggers.

House Bill 995 says visitors can buy alcohol directly from distilleries, although distilleries would have to buy their own products from the Department of Revenue's Alcoholic Beverage Control division. Lawmakers agreed to let visitors buy beer at breweries last year.

The measures would take effect July 1.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 32888

Reported Deaths: 1188

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	2642	46
DeSoto	1767	18
Madison	1355	36
Jones	1159	49
Neshoba	1016	73
Harrison	1003	12
Rankin	999	15
Lauderdale	937	81
Forrest	927	43
Scott	785	15
Jackson	704	17
Copiah	627	15
Washington	626	10
Leake	598	20
Lee	575	21
Holmes	570	41
Oktibbeha	557	28
Wayne	551	16
Warren	540	20
Yazoo	533	6
Grenada	522	7
Lowndes	515	13
Leflore	507	56
Lamar	500	7
Lincoln	492	34
Pike	466	17
Sunflower	436	8
Monroe	431	35
Lafayette	419	4
Covington	396	5
Panola	392	6
Bolivar	370	18
Attala	365	23
Simpson	360	3
Newton	352	10
Adams	332	18
Tate	319	12
Pontotoc	316	6
Marion	308	12
Chickasaw	291	19
Claiborne	289	10
Winston	282	10
Noxubee	273	8
Pearl River	269	32
Jasper	266	6
Marshall	264	3
Clay	251	11
Smith	234	12
Union	233	11
Coahoma	213	6
Clarke	211	25
Walthall	208	7
Lawrence	189	2
Yalobusha	183	8
Kemper	179	14
Carroll	171	11
Humphreys	156	9
Tallahatchie	156	4
Montgomery	143	2
Calhoun	142	5
Tippah	142	11
Itawamba	140	8
Hancock	134	13
Webster	128	11
Tunica	115	3
Jefferson	114	3
Jefferson Davis	114	4
Prentiss	111	3
Greene	108	9
Amite	104	3
George	94	3
Wilkinson	94	9
Tishomingo	91	1
Quitman	89	1
Alcorn	76	2
Perry	76	4
Choctaw	75	4
Stone	72	2
Franklin	47	2
Benton	42	0
Sharkey	40	0
Issaquena	10	1
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 46424

Reported Deaths: 1032

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	5687	161
Mobile	4315	136
Montgomery	4275	109
Tuscaloosa	2382	48
Marshall	1815	11
Madison	1620	8
Lee	1463	37
Shelby	1414	24
Morgan	1157	5
Baldwin	1039	9
Walker	1018	25
Elmore	975	19
Dallas	918	9
Franklin	906	16
Etowah	834	13
DeKalb	790	5
Chambers	647	27
Autauga	643	12
Butler	637	28
Tallapoosa	606	69
Russell	589	0
Unassigned	538	26
Houston	536	6
Limestone	525	1
Lauderdale	514	6
Cullman	490	5
Lowndes	479	22
Pike	452	5
Colbert	442	6
St. Clair	440	2
Escambia	435	8
Calhoun	403	5
Coffee	392	3
Covington	381	10
Bullock	369	10
Barbour	362	2
Jackson	343	2
Talladega	333	7
Dale	326	1
Marengo	320	11
Hale	317	22
Wilcox	295	8
Clarke	287	6
Sumter	285	12
Winston	277	3
Chilton	276	2
Blount	258	1
Monroe	244	2
Pickens	244	6
Marion	241	14
Randolph	228	9
Conecuh	218	7
Macon	202	9
Choctaw	199	12
Bibb	198	1
Greene	188	8
Perry	179	1
Henry	140	3
Crenshaw	125	3
Washington	121	7
Lawrence	113	0
Cherokee	111	7
Geneva	86	0
Lamar	80	1
Fayette	72	1
Clay	69	2
Coosa	60	1
Cleburne	39	1
Out of AL	0	0