Mississippi Senate Bill 2272

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 16)
Status: Failed on March 28 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-28 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 27-65-17 And 27-65-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From The State Sales Tax Retail Sales Of Certain Agricultural And Logging Items Formerly Taxed At The Rate Of 1.5%; To Exempt From The State Sales Tax Retail Sales Of Livestock Fencing Materials And Agricultural Lime, When Made To Commercial Farmers For Agricultural Purposes; To Direct The Department Of Revenue To Establish An Application Process For A Commercial Farmer's Permit To Be Issued; And For Related Purposes.

Sales tax; exempt certain agricultural and logging items.

Sen. Neil Whaley [R]	Sen. Andy Berry [R]	Sen. Brian Rhodes [R]	Sen. Jeff Tate [R]
Sen. Chad Mcmahan [R]	Sen. Lydia Chassaniol [R]	Sen. Charles Younger [R]	Sen. Philman Ladner [R]
Sen. Lane Taylor [R]	Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]	Sen. Michael McLendon [R]	Sen. Benjamin Suber [R]
Sen. Joel Carter [R]	Sen. Walter Michel [R]	Sen. Tyler McCaughn [R]	Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]

2026-03-17 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 122 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-09 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 50 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-28	Senate	Died In Conference
2026-03-25	House	Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Morgan
2026-03-24	Senate	Conferees Named Harkins,Whaley,Berry
2026-03-19	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2026-03-18	House	Returned For Concurrence
2026-03-17	House	Passed As Amended
2026-03-17	House	Amended
2026-03-16	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2026-02-13	House	Referred To Ways and Means
2026-02-10	Senate	Transmitted To House
2026-02-09	Senate	Passed
2026-01-22	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2026-01-14	Senate	Referred To Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	65	103	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	65	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2272.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2272IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2272PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/SB2272_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/SB2272_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/senate/0350004.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0710005.pdf