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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2271

Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission; move to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 3, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 25-53-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE MISSISSIPPI WIRELESS COMMUNICATION COMMISSION UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; TO CREATE SECTION 33-15-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI WIRELESS COMMUNICATION COMMISSION UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; TO AMEND SECTION 33-15-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE OVERSEEING THE MISSISSIPPI WIRELESS COMMUNICATION COMMISSION WITHIN THE DUTIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; TO AMEND SECTION 33-15-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW MEMA TO OBTAIN A LINE OF CREDIT THROUGH THE STATE TREASURY FROM THE WORKING CASH-STABILIZATION FUND OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL SOURCES FUND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000,000.00 IN ONE FISCAL YEAR TO FUND SHORTFALLS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOANS SHALL BE RECEIVED BY THE STATE TREASURER AND PLACED INTO THE DISASTER TRUST FUND ACCOUNT; TO REQUIRE THAT LOAN FUNDS SHALL BE EXPENDED FOLLOWING THE STATE MATCH REQUIRED BY FEMA FOR OTHER NEEDS ASSISTANCE AWARDS DURING FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS; 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

Its course

January 20 to April 3, 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 action26 actions on 17 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 617 days

Government StructureJan 20 to Jan 299 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 1032 days

TechnologyFeb 14 to Feb 2612 days

State AffairsFeb 26 to Mar 46 days

TechnologyMar 4 to Mar 40 days

Back in the SenateMar 10 to Apr 3 · stopped24 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 6

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 11

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 Jan 20 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Government Structure
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 6Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 7 – Mar 10

  1. Feb 7Sent to the House
  2. Feb 14Referred to the House committees on Technology and on State Affairs
  3. Feb 26Reported from TE to SA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 4Reported from SA to TE in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  6. Mar 10Passed the House

Back in the Senate Mar 10 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 10Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Deweese, Ford (73rd) and Faulkner)
  2. Mar 11Reconsidered in the House
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended
  5. Mar 12Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  6. Mar 21Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  7. Mar 24Conferees named in the Senate: Johnson, Robinson and DeLano
  8. Mar 25Conferees named in the House: Ford (73rd), Mansell and Zuber
  9. Mar 31Conference report filed in the Senate
  10. Conference report filed in the House
  11. Apr 1Conference report adopted in the House
  12. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Ford (73rd) and Faulkner)
  13. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  14. Apr 2Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  15. Reconsidered in the House
  16. Apr 3Died on the calendar in the House
All 26 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Government StructureSenate
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 6AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 6Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 7Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 14Referred To Technology;State AffairsHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 26DR - TSDP: TE To SAHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 4DR - TSDP: SA To TEHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 4Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 10PassedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 10Motion to Reconsider Entered (Deweese, Ford (73rd), Faulkner)House of Representatives
  12. Mar 11ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 11AmendedHouse of Representatives
  14. Mar 11Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  15. Mar 12Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  16. Mar 21Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  17. Mar 24Conferees Named Johnson,Robinson,DeLanoSenate
  18. Mar 25Conferees Named Ford (73rd),Mansell,ZuberHouse of Representatives
  19. Mar 31Conference Report FiledSenate
  20. Mar 31Conference Report FiledHouse of Representatives
  21. Apr 1Conference Report AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  22. Apr 1Motion to Reconsider Entered (Ford (73rd), Faulkner)House of Representatives
  23. Apr 1Conference Report AdoptedSenate
  24. Apr 2Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  25. Apr 2ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  26. Apr 3Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives