l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 579

Broadband/high-speed internet speed standards; establish for the state.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A GOAL FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI THAT BY NO LATER THAN THE YEAR 2020, ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES HAVE ACCESS TO BROADBAND AT CERTAIN SPECIFIED DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD SPEEDS; TO REQUIRE ANNUAL REPORTS BE MADE BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT IDENTIFIES BARRIERS IMPEDING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOAL; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO APPOINT A BROADBAND ADVISORY GROUP; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 27-65-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL EXEMPTIONS FROM SALES TAX, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 57-87-3 THROUGH 57-87-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE MISSISSIPPI BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ACT, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 77-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS FOR THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 11 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Feb 1 · stopped21 days

Public UtilitiesJan 11 to Feb 1 · stopped21 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 11 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 11Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives