---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Sardis; authorize the levy of a tax on hotel, motel and restaurant sales."
description: "Town of Sardis; authorize the levy of a tax on hotel, motel and restaurant sales."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2998"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2998 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70172ac-deaa-43f7-b453-f585fe6a1b71"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "4e2085f92f182632e339e425ee5c94bedb104dc46c8c8ff9c8b833aaf381ac0f"
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 2998 (2022) — Town of Sardis; authorize the levy of a tax on hotel, motel and restaurant sales.

## 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/2900-2999/SB2998IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2998PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2998CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2998SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **83–11** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+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/c70172ac-deaa-43f7-b453-f585fe6a1b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).