Mississippi - Session 2026
Title: Sales tax; distribute revenue from a municipal historical hamlet to the applicable county, to be spent solely in the hamlet.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-27-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF STATE SALES TAX REVENUE GENERATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL HAMLET TO THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH HAMLET IS LOCATED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SUCH COUNTY SHALL APPROPRIATE SUCH REVENUE SOLELY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH HAMLET; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAX ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH A HAMLET IS LOCATED SHALL LIST ALL BUSINESSES WITHIN SUCH HAMLET SUBJECT TO THE STATE SALES TAX AND SHALL PROVIDE SUCH LIST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ANNUALLY FOR PROPER DISTRIBUTION OF SALES TAX REVENUE GENERATED WITHIN SUCH HAMLET; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-03 | Status | failed |
| 2026-02-03 | Latest Action | (S) Died In Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1390 | State agencies; revise certain provisions in FY26 appropriations to. | unknown |
| HB 1648 | Budget process; bring forward sections relating to and provide for transfers of funds. | unknown |
| HB 1677 | Metro Jackson Water Authority Act; create. | enrolled |
| HB 1761 | Alcoholic beverages; extend repealers relating to festival wine permits. | unknown |
| HB 1793 | Sales tax; exempt retail sales of firearm safes during annual Mississippi Second Amendment Weekend holiday. | unknown |
| HB 1891 | Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of. | unknown |
| HB 1894 | Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission. | unknown |
| HB 1896 | Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of. | unknown |