Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 618
Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-87-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF EQUIPMENT USED IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES FROM 384 KILOBITS PER SECOND TO A DOWNLOAD SPEED OF TWENTY-FIVE MEGABITS PER SECOND AND AN UPLOAD SPEED OF THREE MEGABITS PER SECOND REGARDING AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 57-73-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 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.
Its course
January 24 to March 5, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Mar 5 · stopped41 days
Public UtilitiesJan 24 to Mar 5 · stopped41 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 24 – Mar 5
- Jan 24Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 24Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives