Mississippi Policy Votes

Energy

Bill Number	Bill Description	Bill Status
HB 74 Not Rated	Emergency Telecommunications Services (911); extend repealer on.	Alive
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HB 162 Not Rated	Public contracts of energy efficiency services; extend repealer on authority and certain requirements for.	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.
HB 632 Good Policy	'All Fuels Act of 2021'; establish.	Alive
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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.
HB 1037 Not Rated	Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.	Dead
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HB 1063 Bad Policy	Transformative renewable energy projects; authorize boards of supervisors to designate as such for certain tax purposes.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill interferes in the free market and manipulates the energy market to create more favorable conditions for one sector or another. This is not the proper role of government. Reduction in the amount of taxes government collects is positive; however, the negative consequences of market manipulation far outweigh the positives produced by this bill.
SB 2009 Not Rated	Rural water associations; owner of rental property shall not be liable for his tenant's unpaid water bill.	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 2123 Not Rated	Political subdivisions; prohibit ordinance that bans or restricts a person's ability to use a natural gas or electric public utility.	Dead
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SB 2210 Not Rated	Municipally owned waterworks; prohibit from charging higher rates to certain customers in another municipality.	Dead
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SB 2329 Not Rated	Municipally owned utilities; authorize to accept electronic payments and to absorb transaction fees in its rate base.	Dead
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SB 2372 Neutral	Oil and gas; to extend repeal date on the use of the conservation fund to plug orphan or gas wells.	Dead
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SB 2373 Not Rated	Motor fuel sales; provide immunity for damages caused by the use of incompatible fuel upon certain conditions.	Alive
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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 2648 Neutral	MS Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; Oil and Gas Board shall have jurisdiction to enforce provisions of.	Alive
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SB 2649 Neutral	Public contracts for energy efficiency; extend repeal date on use of.	Alive
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SB 2650 Not Rated	Emergency Telephone Service 911; extend repeal date on.	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.
SB 2878 Not Rated	Political subdivisions; may not prohibit expansion, connection or reconnection of services based on source of energy.	Dead
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SB 3092 Not Rated	City of New Albany; authorize to lease fiber to internet service providers for provision of broadband service.	Dead
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SN 32 Not Rated	Owen Bowdre (Hammer) Emerson, Hernando, Mississippi, State Oil and Gas Board, six year term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2026, representing the Third Supreme Court District.	Alive
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SN 76 Not Rated	Owen Bowdre (Hammer) Emerson, Hernando, Mississippi, State Oil and Gas Board to represent the Third Supreme Court District, six year term effective immediately and ending May 7, 2026.	Alive
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KEY:	* = Amended	% = 3/5ths Vote Required	V = Vetoed
	$ = Revenue	@ = Exempted From Deadline	P = Partially Vetoed