---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 572"
citation: "Mississippi HB 572 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Busby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63135d90-f7d0-4f44-8f02-d43c9035286e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Busby.xml"
source_hash: "77285a5316e8607a1a4ccd676d010ace7ad87d1c4551ec8cf6f2ebf0048845cc"
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 572 (2021) — Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

## 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/0500-0599/HB0572IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0572.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0572PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0572_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0572SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **94–25** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **98–18** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **92–20** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **46–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Busby — primary (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`
- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+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 Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Zuber,Powell
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Chassaniol,Carter
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Steverson,Zuber,Powell
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-16T05:00:00+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/63135d90-f7d0-4f44-8f02-d43c9035286e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).