Wine Festival Permit Extension

Mississippi Legislative Events

Published April 6th, 2026

Detected April 7th, 2026

Summary

Mississippi HB1761 was signed into law on April 6, 2026, extending wine festival permits and authorizing native wine retailers to operate permanent tasting rooms. The bill removes expiration dates on festival permit authority and allows distillers and manufacturers to hold financial interests in festival permits.

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What changed

The legislation amends Mississippi Code Sections 67-1-51, 67-1-41, 67-1-77, 67-5-11, and 27-71-5 to extend festival wine permit authority indefinitely. Key provisions authorize native wine retailers to sell at tasting room locations within their county and one permanent satellite location elsewhere in the state, and permit distillers, wine manufacturers, rectifiers, blenders, or bottlers to maintain financial interests in festival permits.

Wineries, native wine retailers, and distributors should review updated tasting room and festival permit requirements to ensure ongoing compliance. No new compliance deadlines or penalties were introduced; the bill primarily removes expiration dates and extends existing permit authorities.

What to do next

Review updated tasting room and festival permit requirements under amended sections 67-1-51 and 67-1-77
Verify native wine retail operations align with new satellite location authorizations
Confirm festival permit financial interest eligibility for applicable licensees

Source document (simplified)

ChangeBridge / Mississippi / HB1761 Signed by Governor HB1761 House Bill Signed by Governor 2026-04-06

Alcoholic beverages; extend repealers relating to festival wine permits.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Holder Of A Native Wine Retailer's Permit To Make Retail Sales Of Native Wines At Any Tasting Room Locations Within The Same County As The Native Winery, To Have One Permanent Satellite Tasting Room Sales Location In Any Other Location In The State That Otherwise Allows The Sale Of Alcoholic Beverages, And, When Selling To Consumers For On-premises Consumption, To Sell Alcoholic Beverages Produced By Other Suppliers; To Remove The Repealer On The Authority Of The Department Of Revenue To Issue A Festival Permit; To Amend Section 67-1-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Expiration Date Of The Exception For Alcoholic Beverages Authorized To Be Sold By The Holder Of A Festival Permit To The Statute Requiring The Department Of Revenue To Serve As A Wholesale Distributor And Seller Of Alcoholic Beverages; To Amend Section 67-1-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Expiration Date On The Authority Of A Distiller, Wine Manufacturer, Rectifier, Blender Or Bottler To Have A Financial Interest In A Festival Permit; To Amend Section 67-5-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 27-71-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Repealer On The Annual Privilege License Tax For A Festival Permit; And For Related Purposes.

Bill Details

State Mississippi

Session 2026 Regular Session

Chamber House

Official Source billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history...

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Action History

2026-04-06 S Enrolled Bill Signed 2026-04-06 H Enrolled Bill Signed 2026-04-02 S Conference Report Adopted 2026-04-02 H Immediate Release 2026-04-02 H Conference Report Adopted 2026-04-01 S Conference Report Filed 2026-04-01 H Conference Report Filed 2026-04-01 H Recommitted For Further Conf 2026-03-31 S Recommitted For Further Conf 2026-03-30 S Conference Report Filed 2026-03-30 H Conference Report Filed 2026-03-24 S Conferees Named Harkins,McMahan,Chassaniol 2026-03-23 H Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Zuber 2026-03-18 H Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 2026-03-05 S Returned For Concurrence 2026-03-04 S Passed As Amended 2026-03-04 S Amended 2026-03-03 S Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 2026-02-13 S Referred To Finance 2026-02-05 H Transmitted To Senate 2026-02-04 H Passed 2026-02-03 H Title Suff Do Pass 2026-01-19 H Referred To Ways and Means

Votes

2026-02-04 House Passed Yea: 106 Nay: 6 2026-03-04 Senate Passed As Amended Yea: 43 Nay: 8 2026-04-02 House Conference Report Adopted Yea: 113 Nay: 3 2026-04-02 Senate Conference Report Adopted Yea: 48 Nay: 4

Committee Referrals

2026-01-19 H Ways and Means 2026-02-13 S Finance

Amendments

0000-00-00 Senate Committee Amendment No 1

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-22 Introduced 2026-02-05 Engrossed 2026-04-06 Enrolled Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)

Named provisions

Section 67-1-51 - Native Wine Retailer's Permit Section 67-1-41 - Festival Permit Exception Section 67-1-77 - Distiller Financial Interest Section 67-5-11 - Conformity Amendment Section 27-71-5 - Festival Permit Privilege Tax