HB 670 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits a person may own.

HB 670 increases the limit on how many package retailer permits a person can own from one to two, under certain conditions. This change directly affects business owners who currently hold a single permit for stores selling alcohol in sealed containers for takeaway (not on-premises consumption). The bill amends Mississippi Code Section 67-1-51 to allow ownership of up to two such permits, without altering other permit types or sales rules. This is a concrete policy change to expand business ownership options in the alcohol retail sector.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill was amended to reflect its passage through the House of Representatives. The substantive policy content regarding permit limits remains unchanged, as the amendment only updates the bill's status designation from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House' and adds a line break after the title.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House' to reflect its legislative progress, and added a blank line after the title for formatting consistency.

Floor votes · House Feb 10, 2026

How they voted

6740
Passed · 15 other
Total votes 122
Feb 10, 2026
D Democratic40
18 Yea 16 Nay 6
45% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican80
47 Yea 24 Nay 9
58% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred To Finance
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred To State Affairs
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Brent Powell
Brent Powell
RRepublican
MS
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