l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 917

Public Service Commission; remove ability to regulate rates of certain utilities and cooperatives that operate within municipalities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on March 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE ABILITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO REGULATE THE RATES OF UTILITIES, INCLUDING ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATIONS, WHEN MORE THAN ONE OF SUCH UTILITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS OPERATE WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 21 to March 5, 2013, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 1121 days

Public UtilitiesJan 21 to Jan 309 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days

EnergyFeb 15 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

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 21 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Feb 11Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 15Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 15Referred To EnergySenate
  7. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate