Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program Act; revise certain provisions.
HB 1716 revises Mississippi's Main Street Revitalization Grant Program to clarify eligibility and funding rules. It affects Mississippi communities with Main Street programs (including designated communities, cities, counties, and business improvement districts) seeking grants for downtown revitalization projects. Key changes include adjusting matching fund requirements: cities with over 10,000 residents must cover 20% of project costs locally, while smaller cities pay 10% for the first $100,000 and 20% thereafter. Grants are capped at $500,000 per community annually and can fund historic preservation, downtown economic initiatives, and land improvements. The bill also establishes a dedicated state fund for these grants, managed by the Mississippi Development Authority with input from the Mississippi Main Street Association.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 5, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from the House to the Governor, with minor formatting adjustments to the grant priority clause and administrative expense provisions. These changes primarily involve text flow and line breaks rather than substantive policy shifts.
TECHNICAL
The title and version header were updated to indicate the bill is now 'As Sent to Governor' instead of 'As Passed the House'.
A sentence regarding grant priority for non-recipients was restructured to improve readability by splitting a long line into two.
The text describing how funds in the special fund are used was reorganized to place the restriction on legislative appropriation immediately after the fund definition.
The clause limiting administrative expenses to 2% of deposited funds was reformatted to improve line breaks without changing the limit.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026 · House Feb 4, 2026
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 52
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
R
Republican34
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
executive
Mar 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Report Adopted
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Report Filed
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed As Amended
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Committee
Referred To Public Property
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred To Ways and Means
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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