---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land sold for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes; sale is voidable at option of owner if chancery clerk fails to send required notice."
description: "Land sold for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes; sale is voidable at option of owner if chancery clerk fails to send required notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1307"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1307 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97241e72-d751-4c6d-a130-9c62b51397fa"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Barton.xml"
source_hash: "8dcccda5aca58ee29bc53e762f6739380ab2c0a4cfd76612ba51070ed2643140"
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 1307 (2019) — Land sold for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes; sale is voidable at option of owner if chancery clerk fails to send required notice.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1307IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB1307_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB1307_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1307.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1307PS.htm)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1307CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1307SG.htm)
8. **Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1307_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barton — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Barton, Smith, Lamar)
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Smith,Lamar,Barton
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Kirby,Polk
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+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/97241e72-d751-4c6d-a130-9c62b51397fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).