Freedom Caucus | Bills Tracker

Public Utilities

Bill Number	Bill Description	Bill Status
HB 30 Not Rated	Public Service Commission; require to mandate annual filings by rural water associations.	Dead
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HB 178 Not Rated	Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.	Dead
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HB 288 Good Policy	Public Utilities Staff; authorize certain personnel to be filled by consulting contract.	Alive
	Analysis: allows the executive director of the public utilities staff to fill positions with consulting contractors or competitively appointed
HB 397 Bad Policy	MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; extend repealers on.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill extends the repealer on the MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board, a council that costs state taxpayers for the actual expenses incurred so that municipalities and counties on the Gulf Coast can collaborate on utilities.
HB 465 Not Rated	Emergency communications districts; require to implement text-to-911 services by a certain date.	Dead
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HB 697 Good Policy	Homeowner associations that provide water to its residents, certain; prohibit PSC from providing certain regulation of.	Dead
	Analysis: While this bill is narrowly tailored to only apply to neighborhoods specifically within the City of Jackson, the bill will exempt homeowners associations from the public service commission's regulations in distributing water to the residents of its homeowners association allowing those neighborhoods to be more self-sufficient for the purpose of water supply apart from the City of Jackson.
HB 698 Good Policy	Municipal water, wastewater and sewer services; require equity based billing based on use of.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill requires that municipal waterworks charge customers fees based on actual water usage and not based on property values or other methods.
HB 809 Neutral	Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing.	Alive
	Analysis: Removes the PSC from the process of appointing an executive director of the Public Utilities Staff. This bill makes it an appointment by the governor.
HB 835 Not Rated	Utility shutoffs; revise Governor's authority regarding.	Dead
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HB 885 Not Rated	Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create.	Dead
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HB 946 Not Rated	Power lines; prohibit a person from placing objects on.	Dead
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HB 1044 Not Rated	Excavators; require to mark proposed excavation area with white paint, flags or stakes before notifying Mississippi 811.	Dead
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HB 1059 Not Rated	Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption.	Dead
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HB 1060 Good Policy	Electric vehicles; authorize charging by nonutilities.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill allows for electric vehicle charging stations to be exempt from the classification and requirements of public utilities if they are not producing electricity, but only reselling electricity purchased from a public utility.
HB 1061 Bad Policy	Electric transmission infrastructure; prescribe requirements for issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill would prevent private solar companies from setting up independent power producing facilities in order to sell power to other electric power companies, ultimately limiting the market for solar power production in the state to the large power suppliers.
HB 1067 Bad Policy	Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill creates the Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Fund for the purpose of the expansion and accessibility of broadband in unserved areas. It is not a core function of government to provide for the expansion and accessibility of broadband.
HB 1225 Neutral	Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's office.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill is moving the telephone solicitation enforcement and investigation responsibilities from the public service commission to the attorney general.
HB 1226 Neutral	Excavations; provide for impending emergencies and extend notification period for.	Dead
	Analysis: The bill clarifies what an impending emergency excavation is and sets the requirement that Mississippi 811 will need to be contacted to 3 days instead of 2 days before the excavation is done.
HB 1292 Not Rated	ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; clarify that certain entities are eligible to participate in.	Dead
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SB 2102 Neutral	Impending emergency excavation; define, establish advance notice requirements and require premarking for.	Alive
	Analysis: The bill clarifies what an impending emergency excavation is and sets the requirement that Mississippi 811 will need to be contacted to 3 days instead of 2 days before the excavation is done.
SB 2104 Bad Policy	Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; extend repealer on.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill extends the repealer on the MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board, a council that costs state taxpayers for the actual expenses incurred so that municipalities and counties on the Gulf Coast can collaborate on utilities.
SB 2338 Good Policy	Municipal waterworks; ensure just, reasonable and transparent billing in.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill requires that municipal waterworks charge customers fees based on actual water usage and not based on property values.
SB 2341 Bad Policy	Electric transmission infrastructure; maintain state jurisdiction over integrity of.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill would prevent private solar companies from setting up independent power producing facilities in order to sell power to other electric power companies, ultimately limiting the market for solar power production in the state to the large power suppliers.
SB 2433 Good Policy	Regulation of public utilities; exempt distribution of water by eligible homeowners association to its own residents from.	Alive
	Analysis: While this bill is narrowly tailored to only apply to neighborhoods specifically within the City of Jackson, the bill will exempt homeowners associations from the public service commissions regulations in distributing water to the residents of its homeowners association allowing those neighborhoods to be more self-sufficient for the purpose of water supply apart from the City of Jackson.
SB 2492 Not Rated	Electric vehicle charging; allow by non-utilities while maintaining consumer protections.	Dead
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SB 2494 Not Rated	Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's Office.	Dead
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SB 2512 Bad Policy	Counties; authorize to designate ARPA funds to rural water and sewer associations and municipalities for infrastructure projects.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill is spending more tax dollars through ARPA funds, growing our reliance on federal dollars.
SB 2717 Good Policy	Department of Information Technology Services; require to report ransomware incidents and revise provisions related thereto.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill provides oversight and requires the state to provide reports on ransomware attacks.
SB 2728 Bad Policy	Statewide master agreements and utilization of information technology acquisitions made by other entities; authorize.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill exempts the purchase of IT equipment from the advertising and bidding requirements, potentially wasting taxpayer dollars.
SB 2889 Bad Policy	Mississippi Capitol Region Utility Act; create.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill creates a quasi-government nonprofit corporation to takeover the Jackson water supply (line 141), gives it eminent domain power (line 454, 546), and can borrow money and issue bonds (948). Because it is private, it can skirt around transparency laws and does not fall under the state auditor's ability to audit.

KEY:	* = Amended	% = 3/5ths Vote Required	V = Vetoed
	$ = Revenue	@ = Exempted From Deadline	P = Partially Vetoed