Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2893
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI BROADBAND ENABLING ACT; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR THE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR OWNERSHIP AND/OR OPERATION OF BROADBAND SYSTEMS BY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES THROUGH AFFILIATES OR OPERATORS; TO REQUIRE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES TO CHARGE OR PAY ANY ENTITY THE SAME AMOUNT OF FEES THAT IT CHARGES OR PAYS AN AFFILIATE FOR POLE ATTACHMENT FEES OR OTHER ITEMS; TO PROVIDE NONDISCRIMINATION IN POLE ACCESS; TO REQUIRE AN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE TO CONDUCT AN ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY BEFORE BROADBAND SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED; TO REQUIRE THAT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES MAINTAIN THE RELIABILITY OF THEIR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS; TO REGULATE EASEMENTS UNDER THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 77-5-205 AND 77-5-231, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
EnergyJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 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.