---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Richland; authorize levying of tourism tax on hotels and motels within."
description: "City of Richland; authorize levying of tourism tax on hotels and motels within."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1520 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weathersby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eba353d-0436-4646-8fe1-0083a52838bf"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1520.xml"
source_hash: "8e2945236799faf08d54727bf57a04be1f6b69c1ff869f63175c19db8c927e35"
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 1520 (2018) — City of Richland; authorize levying of tourism tax on hotels and motels within.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1520IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1520PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1520SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **47–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **100–6** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **96–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Weathersby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+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/3eba353d-0436-4646-8fe1-0083a52838bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).