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2025 Regular Session

House Bill 943

Public Service Commission; authorize to intervene in, arbitrate and/or mediate rate conflicts between water associations and rate payers.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO ADOPT PROCEDURAL RULES TO ARBITRATE AND/OR MEDIATE RATE CONFLICTS BETWEEN PRIVATE WATER ASSOCIATIONS AND RATEPAYERS; TO AUTHORIZE A RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION CUSTOMER TO PROCURE WATER UTILITY SERVICES FROM A LOCAL COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM THAT ACCEPTS THE CUSTOMER WHENEVER A HEALTH DEPARTMENT PLACES ANY RESTRICTION ON THE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION OR THE ASSOCIATION, ON ITS OWN ADMISSION, IS UNABLE TO SERVE THE CUSTOMER; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 49-17-751, 77-1-53, 77-1-55, 77-3-5, 77-3-6, 77-3-13, 77-3-17, 77-3-22, 77-3-22.1, 77-3-33, 77-3-35, 77-3-37, 77-3-41, 77-3-43, 77-3-203, 77-3-217, 77-3-301, 77-3-303 AND 77-3-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 77-3-11, 77-3-39 AND 77-3-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE MINOR, NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES; 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

1 co-sponsor

Carolyn Crawford

Its course

January 17 to March 4, 2025, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1327 days

Public UtilitiesJan 17 to Jan 3013 days

In the SenateFeb 13 to Mar 4 · stopped19 days

EnergyFeb 17 to Mar 4 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 17 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 13Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 17 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 17Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 13Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 13AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 17Referred To EnergySenate
  9. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate