---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Richland; revise purpose of food and beverage tax to be used for tourism, parks and recreation after direct vote by electorates."
description: "City of Richland; revise purpose of food and beverage tax to be used for tourism, parks and recreation after direct vote by electorates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1521"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1521 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weathersby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99188e89-48fd-407f-84cd-dcdab909cd1f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1521.xml"
source_hash: "6187ad32e51e55b83da12fe58ec1523b2e40d7bab14d5aa403edf656111be234"
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 1521 (2018) — City of Richland; revise purpose of food and beverage tax to be used for tourism, parks and recreation after direct vote by electorates.

## 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/HB1521IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1521PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1521CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1521SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **97–9** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **50–1** (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`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Tabled
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2018-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+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/99188e89-48fd-407f-84cd-dcdab909cd1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).