---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of qualified resort area, revise provisions regarding certain permits and sales."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of qualified resort area, revise provisions regarding certain permits and sales."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2253"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2253 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79d262c2-2498-4d85-b933-1106e01962b6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/Parks.xml"
source_hash: "9ef1280c3d402f805c8168a43d04f8160c527c3804a372df4b8fb51e29ba03ac"
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 2253 (2020) — Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of qualified resort area, revise provisions regarding certain permits and sales.

## 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/SB/2200-2299/SB2253IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2253_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2253_H_Amend_02_to_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2253.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2253PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2253_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2253SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **42–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **106–12** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **43–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **99–11** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **100–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+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 House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+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** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Hood, Lamar, Steverson)
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Doty,Parks
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Massengill
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-08T05:00:00+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/79d262c2-2498-4d85-b933-1106e01962b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).