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 947
Utility Service; prohibit governmental entity from enacting any regulation that restricts the use of any appliance based on the type of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO DEFINE THE TERMS "GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY", "UTILITY SERVICE" AND "APPLIANCE"; TO PROHIBIT A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY FROM ENACTING OR ENFORCING ANY RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE, REGULATION, RULE, CODE, OR POLICY TO TAKE ANY ACTION THAT RESTRICTS OR PROHIBITS, OR HAS THE EFFECT OF RESTRICTING OR PROHIBITING, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FROM USING ANY APPLIANCE BASED ON THE TYPE OF UTILITY SERVICE REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE APPLIANCE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 77-3-3 AND 77-3-201, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 2 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 RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 5 · stopped32 days
Public UtilitiesFeb 2 to Mar 5 · stopped32 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 2 – Mar 5
- Feb 2Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 2Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives