---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes; revise certain provisions regarding."
description: "Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes; revise certain provisions regarding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2479"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2479 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab49f77c-f472-40cb-9e32-cc2baa84c4c8"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2479.xml"
source_hash: "e90b0c524bd8c667e60e58e473d97bf22d3c4776c2f0f5b7580aa275254d723b"
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 SB 2479 (2018) — Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes; revise certain provisions regarding.

## 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/SB/2400-2499/SB2479IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2479PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2479SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **113–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **42–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fillingane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+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/ab49f77c-f472-40cb-9e32-cc2baa84c4c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).