---
type: "Bill"
title: "Native wines; allow sampling and sale at public events, pickup at wineries, and sale of alcoholic additives in tasting rooms."
description: "Native wines; allow sampling and sale at public events, pickup at wineries, and sale of alcoholic additives in tasting rooms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2545"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2545 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tourism", "Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMahan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/064da7f4-1437-4fd9-8be3-1f6afb4ed815"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/McMahan.xml"
source_hash: "39816ee1577cdef53bc530f5bd42455c77291886daf49bcdc0c0a5dd16def322"
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 2545 (2020) — Native wines; allow sampling and sale at public events, pickup at wineries, and sale of alcoholic additives in tasting rooms.

## 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/2500-2599/SB2545IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/SB2545_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/SB2545_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 3 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/SB2545_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_03.pdf)
5. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2545.pdf)
6. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2545PS.htm)
7. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2545_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
8. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2545CS.htm)
9. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2545SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **105–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McMahan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Tourism;Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: TO To FI
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2020-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2020-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Tourism;Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: TO To WM
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: WM To TO
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+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/064da7f4-1437-4fd9-8be3-1f6afb4ed815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).