---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of McComb; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tourism tax."
description: "City of McComb; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tourism tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1479"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1479 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mims"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb8672e2-d11b-4f55-a36f-adb34d8bcffa"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Mims.xml"
source_hash: "ec24abaae17ccfe09d0fec5a84086b8a4d4dccc853b4fb7e9b565a190b4681e8"
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 1479 (2021) — City of McComb; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tourism tax.

## 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/1400-1499/HB1479IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1479PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1479CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1479SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **104–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mims — primary (person)
- Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-05T05:00:00+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/bb8672e2-d11b-4f55-a36f-adb34d8bcffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).