---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of \"qualified resort area.\""
description: "Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of \"qualified resort area.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2803"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2803 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa38b86-a399-4941-9630-55d5715bdcf3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/DeBar.xml"
source_hash: "59a0395f59cc2fc4ccf01ffef2aabedee23a3f472d8a2badc913b14243b26d9a"
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 2803 (2024) — Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of "qualified resort area."

## 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/2024/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2803IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2803** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2803.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2803PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2803_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2803CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2803SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **107–7** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **110–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **113–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **47–5** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **43–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeBar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Whaley,Horhn
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Zuber
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+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/faa38b86-a399-4941-9630-55d5715bdcf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).