---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; remove DOR from being wholesale distributor, authorize issuance of wholesaler's permit."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; remove DOR from being wholesale distributor, authorize issuance of wholesaler's permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2844"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2844 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c59464c4-c3a8-4555-bf4c-db7482340137"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/Senate_authors/Johnson.xml"
source_hash: "ad8ab82f8ea4d6555603944c7829424794970adbe610eb55bd724ee65b0b2186"
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 SB 2844 (2022) — Alcoholic beverages; remove DOR from being wholesale distributor, authorize issuance of wholesaler's permit.

## 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/SB/2800-2899/SB2844IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/SB2844_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2844.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2844PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2844_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2844SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **73–29** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **37–15** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **42–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Johnson,Carter
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Powell,Zuber
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 89
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-19T05:00:00+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/c59464c4-c3a8-4555-bf4c-db7482340137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).