---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Ridgeland; authorize to levy tax on restaurants, hotels and motels to promote tourism, parks and recreation."
description: "City of Ridgeland; authorize to levy tax on restaurants, hotels and motels to promote tourism, parks and recreation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1777"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1777 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMillan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/133ad2dd-b3dd-4b31-87fa-9b035dd01521"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(73rd).xml"
source_hash: "39b1bde595c177931ef48d0eb480c85ff6be79da86c507f6201eafed3523f25a"
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 1777 (2025) — City of Ridgeland; authorize to levy tax on restaurants, hotels and motels 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/2025/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1777IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1777PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1777SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **109–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McMillan — primary (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Mansell — cosponsor (person)
- Yates — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private;Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: LP To FI
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-10T05:00:00+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/133ad2dd-b3dd-4b31-87fa-9b035dd01521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).