Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 25, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 3115
Sales tax; authorize levy of additional 1% by counties within the metropolitan planning area of an MPO.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES TO IMPOSE A SPECIAL SALES TAX OF NOT MORE THAN 1% ON THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF ALL SALES OR THE GROSS INCOME OF BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY DERIVED FROM ACTIVITIES TAXED AT THE CURRENT RATE OF 7% OR MORE UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI SALES TAX LAW; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM THE SPECIAL SALES TAX AUTHORIZED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SPECIAL SALES TAX SHALL NOT BE LEVIED UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY AT LEAST 60% OF THE VOTES CAST AT AN ELECTION CALLED AND HELD FOR SUCH PURPOSE; TO PROVIDE THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE REVENUE COLLECTED FROM THE SPECIAL SALES TAX MAY BE USED AND EXPENDED; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE TAX EVERY FOUR YEARS UNLESS RENEWAL OF THE TAX IS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN AN ELECTION HELD BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE TAX; 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
February 17 to February 25, 2026, 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 SenateFeb 17 to Feb 25 · stopped8 days
FinanceFeb 17 to Feb 25 · stopped8 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.