---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages, beer and light wine; make lawful to transport unopened on state and federal highways in dry areas."
description: "Alcoholic beverages, beer and light wine; make lawful to transport unopened on state and federal highways in dry areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 192"
citation: "Mississippi HB 192 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9feb4892-9ce8-4858-b929-8fe95ee6e31b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0192.xml"
source_hash: "ae3c3daac8300a6f575f0674a5f1b3a7e14c88c44927c50670f711e6ca25d910"
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 192 (2018) — Alcoholic beverages, beer and light wine; make lawful to transport unopened on state and federal highways in dry areas.

## 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/0100-0199/HB0192IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0192PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0192SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **42–8** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **91–19** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-02T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+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/9feb4892-9ce8-4858-b929-8fe95ee6e31b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).