---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter vessel operator's permit; create to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages by the holder of."
description: "Charter vessel operator's permit; create to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages by the holder of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1288"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1288 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ports and Marine Resources", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felsher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df42b37-75b1-4dd7-87bb-4f720d5c8747"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
source_hash: "12fd9ba45042db7e556ecd5daf76727d049fa95b8e1582dd510f64343ee1f4e0"
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 1288 (2021) — Charter vessel operator's permit; create to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages by the holder of.

## 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/2021/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1288IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1288PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1288SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **96–13** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **41–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felsher — primary (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Zuber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/6df42b37-75b1-4dd7-87bb-4f720d5c8747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).