---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Hattiesburg; correct errors referencing county instead of city, and extend repealer on tourism tax and commission."
description: "City of Hattiesburg; correct errors referencing county instead of city, and extend repealer on tourism tax and commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2905"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2905 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f789be13-f1c7-4c58-9f6d-e217e93df672"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/Johnson.xml"
source_hash: "5a001ac0a7fe0a62d8fa669659442b4cd12bfd943904e007c008b6062dd53d23"
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 2905 (2020) — City of Hattiesburg; correct errors referencing county instead of city, and extend repealer on tourism tax and commission.

## 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/2900-2999/SB2905IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2905_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2905.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2905PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2905SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **113–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named McMahan,Tate,Johnson
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barton,Gibbs (36th),Steverson
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/f789be13-f1c7-4c58-9f6d-e217e93df672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).