---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Waynesboro; extend repealer on authority to impose tax on bars, restaurants, hotels/motels, B & Bs."
description: "City of Waynesboro; extend repealer on authority to impose tax on bars, restaurants, hotels/motels, B & Bs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1209"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1209 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1307947-7c6b-43fd-811a-74743e377c2d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "2bdaf7f8ee11011a60f0e6f69a7b41a986ec6bcc9ef9f6cd1c81659379573bc9"
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 1209 (2023) — City of Waynesboro; extend repealer on authority to impose tax on bars, restaurants, hotels/motels, B & Bs.

## 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/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1209IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1209PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1209SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **110–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **48–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+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/e1307947-7c6b-43fd-811a-74743e377c2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).