---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 535"
citation: "Mississippi HB 535 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weathersby"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/650ccbe8-0a68-4822-abfa-b97a6f4347d1"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Weathersby.xml"
source_hash: "f963fcc13ba7e20e10dbe880bba90748e1b18199872e7b949f394fa5505b6e09"
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 535 (2023) — Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

## 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/0500-0599/HB0535IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0535.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0535PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0535_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0535CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0535SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **45–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **102–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **104–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weathersby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Zuber
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Carter,Chassaniol
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+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/650ccbe8-0a68-4822-abfa-b97a6f4347d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).