Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2313
Rural water companies; strengthen audit requirements and expand PSC authority over.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 79-11-394, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO STIPULATE THAT ANY NONPROFIT, NONSHARE CORPORATION THAT FAILS TO TIMELY FILE THE REPORT REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES OF DISSOLUTION OR DISALLOWANCE OF NONPROFIT STATUS, OR BOTH, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE STATE AUDITOR; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO CANCEL A RURAL WATER COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE TO PROVIDE SERVICE UPON A FINDING THAT THE COMPANY DID NOT PROVIDE REASONABLY ADEQUATE SERVICE; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-22, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE RURAL WATER COMPANIES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 77-3-11 AND 77-3-47, 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EnergyJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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.