republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2025/hb-1961.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	City of Verona; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.	City of Verona; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2025	HB 1961	Mississippi HB 1961 (2025)	bill	Finance Local and Private Local and Private Legislation	enacted	Thompson	3	13	2	2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00	2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3b96ba5c-deca-4c26-ad7c-94fe02e351d5	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Thompson.xml	95803cc0c8f7f96851a1bc7bc8f75fd5957302a2fadffd59fb39db1ed015ea3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1961 (2025) — City of Verona; authorize a tax on 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
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 114–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 47–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thompson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Referred To Local and Private Legislation referral-committee
• 2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Referred To Local and Private;Finance referral-committee
• 2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: LP To FI
• 2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b96ba5c-deca-4c26-ad7c-94fe02e351d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).