---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hancock County; provide manner in which revenue from a hotel/motel tax may be expended."
description: "Hancock County; provide manner in which revenue from a hotel/motel tax may be expended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 3072"
citation: "Mississippi SB 3072 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moran"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b988491-26d6-46da-9f47-b0486a4764f8"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB3072.xml"
source_hash: "0a3061584c388914fd557d8d2374225341b95e78b6a1f37d0a9704ab2a92f831"
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 3072 (2018) — Hancock County; provide manner in which revenue from a hotel/motel tax may be expended.

## 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/3000-3099/SB3072IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3072PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3072SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **101–6** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **45–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Moran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `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** Immediate Release
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **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/9b988491-26d6-46da-9f47-b0486a4764f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).