---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Baldwyn; extend repeal date on tax on hotels, motels, restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism."
description: "City of Baldwyn; extend repeal date on tax on hotels, motels, restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 653"
citation: "Mississippi HB 653 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-02-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba614995-342c-4880-a6d1-0cb6985bd37c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Turner.xml"
source_hash: "b541fd2ee8f0dd3aaf8184bf55c372b8bd971b7c67fca02c586a0d5ca870941d"
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 653 (2019) — City of Baldwyn; extend repeal date on tax on hotels, motels, restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism.

## 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/0600-0699/HB0653IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB0653_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0653PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0653SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-02-21T06:00:00+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/ba614995-342c-4880-a6d1-0cb6985bd37c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).