2021 Regular Session
| Bill Number | Bill Description | Bill Status | ||
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HB 50 Not Rated |
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of. | Dead | ||
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HB 74 Not Rated |
Emergency Telecommunications Services (911); extend repealer on. | Alive | ||
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HB 86 Not Rated |
Broadband services; provide for certain participation of investor owned electric utilities in the expansion of in the state. | Dead | ||
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HB 91 Neutral |
Public Service Commission; remove from the provisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: Although this bill returns public utilities funds to special funds, this bill maintains the limitation on the collection of taxes that requires collections not exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature for the regulation of utilities. This bill ensures money collected from taxpayers is spent on government functions for which it was collected. This bill maintains accountability and transparency. | ||||
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HB 108 Not Rated |
Wireless Communication Commission; remove ITS control over. | Dead | ||
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HB 112 Not Rated |
Telecommunications Fraud Prevention and Utility Infrastructure Protection Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 165 Not Rated |
Wireless learning environments; require school districts to develop and implement within two years. | Dead | ||
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HB 198 Not Rated |
Wireless communication devices and plans; revise provisions regulating by personnel of state agencies. | Dead | ||
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HB 369 Not Rated |
Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 505 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill expands the size of government and will inevitably lead to increased spending. The services proposed by this bill are not within the proper role of government. This bill increases government interference in the free market. | ||||
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HB 870 Not Rated |
Rate-regulated natural gas public utilities; require to provide PSC with periodic budgeting and accounting statements. | Dead | ||
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HB 930 Not Rated |
Municipally-owned utilities and other utilities; authorize accounting system accommodation of certain customer uncollectible debt. | Dead | ||
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HB 942 Neutral |
Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill restricts individual liberty by removing private property protections. The proper role of government is to preserve and defend individuals’ right to property. This bill allows third party contractors to access private property without the need for permission from the property owner. | ||||
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HB 1134 Not Rated |
Broadband Enabling Act; require electric cooperatives to annually file certain documents with PSC and State Auditor. | Dead | ||
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SB 2018 Not Rated |
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on provision requiring deposit of fees to State General Fund. | Dead | ||
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SB 2394 Not Rated |
Public officers and employees; revise policy regulating personal use of state-owned wireless communication devices. | Dead | ||
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SB 2559 Not Rated |
Public Service Commission; may contract with federal agencies for the collection of data and mapping of broadband availability. | Dead | ||
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SB 2798 Bad Policy |
Broadband services; provide for the participation of rate-regulated electric utilities in the expansion of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill restricts individuals’ right to property and protections of that property under existing law. (See lines 361-376) This bill grants authority to trespass on private property to broadband operators, broadband service providers, and retail customers by exempting them from the requirement to obtain permission from a property owner before entering the property of which the owners have previously granted access to rate-regulated public utilities through a right-of-way agreement. Existing agreements between property owners and rate-regulated public utilities will be expanded without the consent of nor compensation of the property owner to include access for any additional company operating under the new definition also created by this bill of “broadband services” in direct contradiction to existing contract law. |
| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |