---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem taxes; extend reverter on authority for late payment without penalty or interest when exemption was inadvertently extended."
description: "Ad valorem taxes; extend reverter on authority for late payment without penalty or interest when exemption was inadvertently extended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 697"
citation: "Mississippi HB 697 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6406a9-7133-482e-aa19-0a3836949e89"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Turner.xml"
source_hash: "aecd1320db4f68f9be235cc6be73ba876c6f7145936f042482b68a95c8595ab8"
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 697 (2020) — Ad valorem taxes; extend reverter on authority for late payment without penalty or interest when exemption was inadvertently extended.

## 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/0600-0699/HB0697IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0697.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0697PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB0697_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0697SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **120–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+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 As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/1b6406a9-7133-482e-aa19-0a3836949e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).