---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Bay St. Louis; authorize levying of tax on bars and restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation."
description: "City of Bay St. Louis; authorize levying of tax on bars and restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1683"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1683 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baria"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909ae0f7-d71d-4884-9558-88028b522297"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Baria.xml"
source_hash: "92e39772e6828755f1434e98b02f7536bbf6aa1314fcc9cf93e9265f6ac8dbeb"
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 1683 (2019) — City of Bay St. Louis; authorize levying of tax on bars and restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1683IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1683PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1683SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **98–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baria — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private;Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: LP To FI
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+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/909ae0f7-d71d-4884-9558-88028b522297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).