Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on April 2, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1063
Excavation; revise procedures and require white lining in certain stances.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "LOCATE REQUEST TICKET" AND "TRENCHLESS EXCAVATION"; TO AMEND SECTION 77-13-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE NOTICE REQUIRED FOR EXCAVATION SHALL CONTAIN THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION, WHICH IS LIMITED TO AN AREA THE EXCAVATOR REASONABLY BELIEVES MAY BE COMPLETED WITHIN FOURTEEN CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE DATE AND TIME THE LOCATE REQUEST TICKET IS ENTERED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI 811, INC. SYSTEM AND DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY AREA IN WHICH THE EXCAVATOR HAS ALREADY COMPLETED THE EXCAVATION WORK; TO PROVIDE THAT PRIOR TO PROVIDING THE ADVANCE NOTICE TO MISSISSIPPI 811, INC., THE EXCAVATOR SHALL PRE-MARK THE APPROXIMATE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION AREA WITH WHITE PAINT, FLAGS, OR STAKES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION LOCATION ON A RENEWAL LOCATE REQUEST TICKET SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY AREA IN WHICH THE EXCAVATOR HAS ALREADY COMPLETED THE EXCAVATION WORK; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXCAVATOR SHALL NOT USE POWER-DRIVEN EQUIPMENT FOR TRENCHLESS EXCAVATION, INCLUDING DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, ACROSS OR WITHIN THE MARKED APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES OR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR TRENCHLESS EXCAVATIONS, INCLUDING DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, PARALLEL TO THE MARKED APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES OR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, THE EXCAVATOR SHALL USE CERTAIN NONINVASIVE METHODS TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITY AT CAREFUL AND PRUDENT INTERVALS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to April 2, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 728 days
Public UtilitiesFeb 8 to Feb 2921 days
In the SenateMar 7 to Apr 2 · stopped26 days
EnergyMar 19 to Apr 2 · stopped14 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 Feb 8 – Mar 7
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Feb 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Mar 7Committee substitute adopted in the House
- Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 8 – Apr 2
- Mar 8Sent to the Senate
- Mar 19Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
- Apr 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 29Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
- Mar 7Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 7PassedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 8Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Mar 19Referred To EnergySenate
- Apr 2Died In CommitteeSenate