Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 26, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2570
Groceries; exempt from state sales tax, and authorize municipalities to levy sales tax at lower rate.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM THE STATE SALES TAX RETAIL SALES OF FOOD OR DRINK FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE WITH FOOD STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OR OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY; TO CLARIFY THAT THIS EXEMPTION FROM THE STATE SALES TAX SHALL NOT AFFECT A SALES TAX LEVIED BY A MUNICIPALITY UNDER THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE ANY MUNICIPALITY TO LEVY A TAX OF NO MORE THAN 1% ON RETAIL SALES OF FOOD OR DRINK FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE WITH FOOD STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OR OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY, BUT ONLY WHEN SUCH FOOD OR DRINK IS PURCHASED WITHOUT THE USE OF FOOD STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OR OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY; TO GRANT THE MUNICIPALITY THE DISCRETION TO LEVY THE TAX EITHER BY THE AUTHORITY OF ITS RESOLUTION OR BY CALLING AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION; TO GRANT THE MUNICIPALITY THE SAME DISCRETION IN ADJUSTING THE RATE OF THE TAX AND IN REPEALING THE TAX, REGARDLESS OF WHICH METHOD IT USED FOR THE INITIAL LEVY; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-241, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE ABOVE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 26, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 26 · stopped37 days
FinanceJan 20 to Feb 26 · stopped37 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.