---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco products; prohibit wholesalers from directly selling the products to retailers."
description: "Tobacco products; prohibit wholesalers from directly selling the products to retailers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1486"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1486 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d98f0b1-a62e-4392-ba52-7c9aca05cad3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "d3589d7b95cec7effbea804af3e8304feba23e727072954d8799d7ad163bf679"
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 1486 (2020) — Tobacco products; prohibit wholesalers from directly selling the products to retailers.

## 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/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1486IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1486PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1486SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **109–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+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/6d98f0b1-a62e-4392-ba52-7c9aca05cad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).