---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it."
description: "City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1637"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1637 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibbs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36ae0017-6f9c-46a8-940d-953fd759ef01"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1637.xml"
source_hash: "7e0d3b198f763a730fd0bb5f64cc9a11cb44dce1a9911606ed3b7ab6466dc61c"
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 1637 (2018) — City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1637IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1637PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1637SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **48–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **93–11** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **93–11** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **48–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gibbs — primary (person)
- Bell_(65th) — cosponsor (person)
- Clarke — cosponsor (person)
- Dortch — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barton,Gibbs (72nd),Wooten
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Jackson (15th),Gollott,Horhn
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-12T05:00:00+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/36ae0017-6f9c-46a8-940d-953fd759ef01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).