---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits under certain conditions."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2405"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2405 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1630e926-2068-486b-bbd1-b1a19fc1a46b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/Harkins.xml"
source_hash: "d8474ad03ef359659f872cbbf19fa3c0697e2c90cf6476cbba601235b8eb48c8"
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 2405 (2024) — Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits under certain conditions.

## 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/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2405IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2405_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2405_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2405.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2405PS.htm)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2405CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2405SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **48–3** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **34–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **99–16** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **97–19** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **102–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Powell, Zuber, Johnson)
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Carter,England
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Johnson,Yates
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+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/1630e926-2068-486b-bbd1-b1a19fc1a46b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).