Mississippi alcohol laws

What it would do: Effective January 1, 2027, declares Mississippi's policy to permit legal manufacture, sale, distribution, and transportation of alcoholic beverages statewide, except in counties voting to institute prohibition; revises delivery service permit requirements and limits package retailer liability for delivery service actions.

What it would do: Authorizes direct sales and shipments of distilled spirits to Mississippi residents under similar regulations as wine, requires a 15.5% tax on direct distilled spirits sales, and establishes permit and licensing requirements for distilled spirits direct shippers.

What it would do: Amends the definition of 'qualified resort area' under Mississippi's Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law by adding item 98, which designates the campus including the golf course of a community college located on Old Highway 51 in Wesson, Mississippi as a qualified resort area.

What it would do: Brings forward multiple sections of Mississippi's Alcoholic Beverage Control Law for purposes of amendment, establishing permit fees, excise taxes, markups, transportation regulations, and applicant qualifications for alcohol retailers and manufacturers.

What it would do: Allows holders of alcohol package retailer's permits to apply to become lottery retailers and sell lottery tickets at their premises under the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law, effective July 1, 2026.

What it would do: Allows a person to own two package retailer's permits instead of one if the additional permit is for a premises in a municipality with at least 35,000 population different from the original, or located at least 75 miles away, or for a $20,000,000 major retail development in the three southernmost counties.

What it would do: Amends Mississippi Code Section 67-1-83 to allow counties, municipalities, tribes, or state agencies that are wet jurisdictions to authorize permitted package retailers to sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., while allowing retailers to opt out of Sunday sales.

What it would do: Expands native wine retailer permits to allow sales at multiple tasting rooms within the same county and one permanent satellite location statewide, permits on-premises sale of other suppliers' beverages, and removes expiration dates on festival permit authority and distiller financial interests in festival permits.

What it would do: Defines grocery stores and authorizes the Department of Revenue to issue grocery store wine-only retailer permits allowing wine sales in sealed packages for off-premises consumption, effective July 1, 2026.

What it would do: Amends Mississippi law to add craft spirits to the existing Native Spirit Law, defining craft spirits as alcoholic beverages produced in whole or in part in Mississippi by a distillery created under Mississippi law, and establishing permitting, taxation, and sales requirements for craft distilleries.

What it would do: Revises the excise tax on wine sales and shipments made by direct wine shippers from 18% to a rate not specified in the provided text, effective July 1, 2025.

What it would do: Removes automatic disqualification for alcoholic beverage permits based on felony convictions, except for crimes of violence or controlled substance violations. Allows the Department of Revenue to consider other felonies if at least 10 years have elapsed since conviction.

What it would do: Authorizes wine manufacturers holding a Class 2 permit or licensed outside Mississippi to sell and ship wine directly to state residents aged 21+ with a direct shipper's permit, subject to an 18% sales tax, annual limits of 1,500 nine-liter cases statewide and 9 cases per household, and recordkeeping requirements.

What it would do: Extends the repealer date for an income tax credit for upholstered furniture manufacturers employing workers in new cut and sew jobs from January 1, 2029 to January 1, 2029, and brings forward various alcoholic beverage statutes for possible amendment.

What it would do: Amends distance restrictions on alcoholic beverage manufacturing, sale, and storage near churches, schools, kindergartens, and funeral homes by adding exemptions for bed and breakfast inns on the National Register of Historic Places, historic districts in qualified resort areas with populations over 100,000, and certain other specific licensed premises.

What it would do: Effective January 1, 2026, renounces state prohibition of alcoholic beverages in favor of legal manufacture, sale, distribution and transportation, except in counties voting to institute prohibition. Revises delivery service permit provisions and package retailer responsibilities for alcohol delivery.

What it would do: Allows counties, municipalities, tribes, or state agencies that are wet jurisdictions to authorize permitted package retailers to sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with no retailer required to participate.

What it would do: Renames the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act to the Mississippi Hemp Act, transfers administration from Agriculture to the State Department of Health, lowers the THC violation threshold from 0.5% to 0.3%, establishes licensing and excise tax requirements for consumable hemp products, and legalizes hemp beverages regulated like beer.

What it would do: Prohibits brewers and manufacturers from discriminating in pricing, allowances, rebates, refunds, commissions, or discounts between Mississippi distributors and wholesalers, and requires filing brewery or dock prices by brand and container size with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division before sales.

What it would do: Requires suspension of on-premises alcoholic beverage permits after two violent deaths occur on the premises within 365 days, and revocation after a third such death within 365 days of reinstatement. Permanently prohibits permit holders whose permits were revoked from obtaining on-premises permits anywhere.

What it would do: Reenacts the Small Business and Grocer Investment Act and extends its repeal date from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2028. Also brings forward various sections of Mississippi law relating to alcoholic beverages for possible amendment.

What it would do: Creates the City of Jackson Revitalization Act, exempting component materials from sales tax for blighted property development, authorizing state bonds for Jackson improvements and property demolition, imposing additional gaming license fees deposited into a Jackson Development Fund, and establishing a loan and grant program for Jackson business development.

What it would do: Authorizes the Commissioner of Revenue to require permittees to use an independent, third-party age-verification app with at least 85% accuracy on licensed premises after a third or subsequent offense of selling alcoholic beverages to persons under 21.

What it would do: Amends Section 67-1-83 to remove the prohibition on Sunday sales for holders of package retailer's permits under the local option alcoholic beverage control law, while maintaining existing restrictions on sales before 10:00 a.m., after 10:00 p.m., and on Christmas Day. Effective July 1, 2026.

What it would do: Amends the definition of 'qualified resort area' under Mississippi's Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law by adding numerous specific municipalities, facilities, and geographic areas throughout the state that qualify as resort areas for purposes of alcoholic beverage sales.