---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; revise the definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; revise the definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2618"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2618 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6acc72f4-1d41-4007-b411-aa52ae3c9912"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2618.xml"
source_hash: "f2f5a8a511fbcf2fa33ea021db0fa5bf8d884d15c0f5cc30931d845f4a607c6f"
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 2618 (2018) — Alcoholic beverages; revise the definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

## 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/2600-2699/SB2618IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2618PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2618SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **92–20** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **42–8** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **42–9** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **91–20** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **85–30** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Doty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Chassaniol,Butler,Harkins
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Smith,Lamar,Zuber
- **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** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Smith, Lamar)
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-29T05:00:00+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/6acc72f4-1d41-4007-b411-aa52ae3c9912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).