---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2022; create."
description: "Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2022; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "Mississippi HB 531 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284ee994-25d6-4b9f-869b-c6174bca8274"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "901d4e89b337c30166ba857c2d9a10f2caecf746b363ab267a25b45e29adddb5"
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 531 (2022) — Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2022; create.

## 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/0500-0599/HB0531IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/HB0531_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 3 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/HB0531_H_Amend_03.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0531.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0531PS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0531SG.htm)
7. **Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB0531_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **107–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **97–12** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **92–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Bain — cosponsor (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Calvert — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Creekmore IV — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Goodin — cosponsor (person)
- Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Kinkade — cosponsor (person)
- Lamar — cosponsor (person)
- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- McLean — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Pigott — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rushing — cosponsor (person)
- Sanders — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
- Tubb — cosponsor (person)
- Tullos — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Lamar, Steverson)
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Lost
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Massengill
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Hopson,Johnson
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+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/284ee994-25d6-4b9f-869b-c6174bca8274`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).