Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 12, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2058
Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; expand provisions concerning promulgation of rules and regulations.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-745, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY AND EXPAND THE RIGHTS, POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF COUNTY AUTHORITIES AND REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITIES CREATED UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI GULF REGION UTILITY ACT; TO PROVIDE A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER SERVICES WITH CERTIFICATED AREAS; TO PROHIBIT UTILITY SERVICE AND PROVIDE PENALTIES THEREFOR; TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL POWERS GRANTED HEREIN ARE SUPPLEMENTAL TO, AND NOT IN LIMITATION OF, ANY OTHER RIGHTS, POWERS, OR REMEDIES PROVIDED UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI GULF REGION UTILITY ACT OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 to February 12, 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.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 12
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 8 – Feb 12
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
- Feb 2Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 12Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Amended in the Senate
- Recommitted to committee in the Senate
- Died in committee in the Senate