---
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: "2025"
identifier: "SB 2143"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2143 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Finance", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3770ef45-2952-438f-834c-894f66ad89a7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/Senate_authors/Michel.xml"
source_hash: "a616d516c79ab98374fb7859d74943925d845afc955a15f4bc166a502f8406ca"
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 2143 (2025) — 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/2025/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2143IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2143.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2143PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/SB2143_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2143SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **102–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **45–6** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **102–8** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **41–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: SA To AC
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To SA
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,England,Carter
- **2025-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Yates,Ford (54th)
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Zuber, Johnson)
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-10T05:00:00+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/3770ef45-2952-438f-834c-894f66ad89a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).