---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; extend time for partial exemption and fee-in-lieu of ad valorem tax agreement for certain renewable energy projects."
description: "Ad valorem tax; extend time for partial exemption and fee-in-lieu of ad valorem tax agreement for certain renewable energy projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2698"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2698 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33bc362d-f25a-4da8-8b14-e275e19a084d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Fillingane.xml"
source_hash: "87dbd0e873f0cbfa35434365df06dc00155f2d075ac851148e9ace21fc548391"
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 2698 (2023) — Ad valorem tax; extend time for partial exemption and fee-in-lieu of ad valorem tax agreement for certain renewable energy projects.

## 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/SB/2600-2699/SB2698IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2698.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2698PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2698_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2698CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2698SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **112–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fillingane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+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/33bc362d-f25a-4da8-8b14-e275e19a084d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).