---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; authorize to allow the payment of certain accounts receivable by credit cards and other forms of electronic payment."
description: "Jackson County; authorize to allow the payment of certain accounts receivable by credit cards and other forms of electronic payment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1579"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1579 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47ae9dd6-ac1b-402a-9933-5ab6867cb2c8"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Barton.xml"
source_hash: "6b252cf30070a6bd21315add2a312b8504ae58e64d41d58c20d21493539c3b6c"
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 1579 (2020) — Jackson County; authorize to allow the payment of certain accounts receivable by credit cards and other forms of electronic payment.

## 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/1500-1599/HB1579IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1579PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1579SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-07T05:00:00+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/47ae9dd6-ac1b-402a-9933-5ab6867cb2c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).