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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 713

Public Utilities Staff; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-87, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TAXES COLLECTED FROM UTILITIES TO BE CREDITED TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF REGULATION FUND TO COVER THE EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF; TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-205, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF STATE AGENCIES FUNDED BY APPROPRIATION FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND SIMPLIFICATION ACT OF 2016; 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

Its course

January 15 to March 3, 2026, 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 action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 521 days

Public UtilitiesJan 15 to Jan 227 days

Appropriations AJan 22 to Jan 297 days

Public UtilitiesJan 29 to Jan 290 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

EnergyFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 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 15 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committees on Public Utilities and on Appropriations A
  2. Jan 22Reported from PU to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 29Reported from AP to PU in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Feb 5Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 6 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 6Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Energy and on Appropriations
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Public Utilities;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 22DR - TSDP: PU To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Jan 29DR - TSDP: AP To PUHouse of Representatives
  4. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 5PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 6Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Referred To Energy;AppropriationsSenate
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate