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Read. Follow. Verify.Jackson County seeks to extend hotel and motel room rental tax expiration date to 2030
Last action · April 15, 2026: 04/15 (S) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Jeremy England
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 3380 proposes to extend the of the Jackson County hotel and motel room rental tax from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2030. The 2% tax applies to overnight room rentals and funds local tourism promotion or the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Extends the authorization for Jackson County to continue collecting a 2% tax on overnight hotel and motel stays, directly impacting lodging providers responsible for collecting the fee and visitors paying it through July 1, 2030.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Jackson County hotel and motel operators
Operators are required to add the 2% tax to sales prices, collect it from guests, and remit it through the Department of Revenue.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau
The bureau is eligible to receive allocated tax proceeds for tourism promotion, subject to independent annual audits.
Transient lodging guests in Jackson County
Guests staying overnight in county hotels or motels pay the 2% room rental tax in addition to other taxes and assessments.
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Apr 15, 2026Senate04/15 (S) Died In Committee
- Mar 2, 2026SenateCommittee03/02 (S) Referred To Local and Private
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Four-year legislative extension
The bill extends the sunset clause of the Jackson County hotel tax by four years, moving the expiration from 2026 to 2030, continuing a pattern of periodic renewals dating back to 2015.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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