---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; revise certain provisions regarding appeal of assessment."
description: "Ad valorem tax; revise certain provisions regarding appeal of assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 693"
citation: "Mississippi HB 693 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd7196c-7079-4ec3-a1cb-3d3cc52ba43e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0693.xml"
source_hash: "72741f9369c96fdc2550f173e237567abe0aa1e5f89db0aa924f8da785dbf457"
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 693 (2018) — Ad valorem tax; revise certain provisions regarding appeal of assessment.

## 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/0600-0699/HB0693IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0693PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0693SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **118–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+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 Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Smith,Lamar,Barton
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Kirby,Carter
- **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
- **2018-04-11T05:00:00+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/ebd7196c-7079-4ec3-a1cb-3d3cc52ba43e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).