---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
description: "Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of \"qualified resort area\" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2457"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2457 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec80fc2a-40aa-4f2a-9e95-c123ce043aef"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/Williams.xml"
source_hash: "3d9a1ca940ea573dccd757eac37264f2f1ee14b88caca5b8fe5948e09a116070"
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 2457 (2024) — Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

## 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/SB2457IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/SB2457_S_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/SB2457_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2457** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2457.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2457PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2457_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2457SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **96–14** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **42–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Tabled Subject To Call
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+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/ec80fc2a-40aa-4f2a-9e95-c123ce043aef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).