---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harrison County; authorize certain tax proceeds to be designated for use by Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau or for tourism solely in."
description: "Harrison County; authorize certain tax proceeds to be designated for use by Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau or for tourism solely in."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1767"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1767 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3b32adf-a31a-42cf-a0b7-de344f8d6de5"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
source_hash: "14ce3d0a87caf2cef759bbbb1619932f721a0e9700ff7e2d6d5c66fb0d578a4d"
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 1767 (2022) — Harrison County; authorize certain tax proceeds to be designated for use by Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau or for tourism solely in.

## 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/2022/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1767IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB1767_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1767** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1767.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1767PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1767SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **109–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **109–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-21T05:00:00+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/f3b32adf-a31a-42cf-a0b7-de344f8d6de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).