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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Pontotoc; extend repealer on authority to levy tax on hotels, motels and restaurants."
+description: "City of Pontotoc; extend repealer on authority to levy tax on hotels, motels and restaurants."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1720"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1720 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Waldo"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b81fa022-f3bf-4918-9753-7df32fd945c0"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Lancaster.xml"
+source_hash: "02f8a865e0b608ad6e944e45c3fe7629d385ac325b79248c9ee35468f2821b7f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 1720 (2024) — City of Pontotoc; extend repealer on authority to levy tax on hotels, motels and restaurants.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1720IN.htm)
+2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1720PS.htm)
+3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1720SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **109–4** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **50–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Waldo — primary (person)
+- Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
+- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
+- Stepp — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Steverson, Barnett, Hines)
+- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
+- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
+- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
+- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
+- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b81fa022-f3bf-4918-9753-7df32fd945c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+