l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2371

Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Technology Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

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 25 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.

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Bart Williams, Robin Robinson

Its course

February 12 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 SenateFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days

TechnologyFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 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 Senate Feb 12 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Technology and on Finance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published