Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2528
Mississippi Farmland, Migratory Bird, and Rural Protection from Industrial Wind Facilities Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE "MISSISSIPPI FARMLAND, MIGRATORY BIRD, AND RURAL PROTECTION FROM INDUSTRIAL WIND FACILITIES ACT"; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES AND FINDINGS; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN APPROVALS OF NEW INDUSTRIAL WIND FACILITIES; TO VOID CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS; TO PREEMPT COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM AUTHORIZING ACTION PROHIBITED UNDER THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS; TO PROHIBIT INDUSTRIAL WIND FACILITIES FROM BEING SITED ON OR WITHIN TWO MILES OF PRIME OR UNIQUE FARMLAND; TO PROVIDE SETBACKS; TO PROTECT WATER RESOURCES; TO PROHIBIT WIND TURBINE LOCATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL AVIATION OPERATIONS AREAS; TO PROVIDE FOR NOISE AND SHADOW FLICKER; TO REQUIRE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS TO COMPLY WITH WILDLIFE LAWS; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN AREAS FOR SITING, CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION OF WIND TURBINES; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES, AND PARKS TO ESTABLISH RULES CONCERNING WILDLIFE PROTECTION; TO PROVIDE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION AND DECOMMISSIONING OF WIND TURBINES; TO PROVIDE FOR GRANDFATHERED FACILITIES; TO REQUIRE EACH INDUSTRIAL FACILITY SUBJECT TO THIS ACT TO MAINTAIN A DECOMMISSIONING PLAN; TO REQUIRE OWNERS AND OPERATORS TO POST AND MAINTAIN FINANCIAL ASSURANCE IN CERTAIN FORMS; TO PROVIDE FOR FAILURE TO DECOMMISSION; TO DELEGATE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE REMEDIES; TO CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION; TO PROVIDE FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES; TO REQUIRE FAA NOTICE AND OBSTRUCTION EVALUATION; TO PROHIBIT ACTION FOLLOWING A HAZARD DETERMINATION BY THE FAA; TO PROVIDE FOR RADAR INTERFERENCE REVIEW; TO REQUIRE COORDINATION AMONG CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES; TO PREVENT POLLUTION; TO REQUIRE INDUSTRIAL WIND FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN AN OIL, GREASE AND FLUID MANAGEMENT PLAN; TO REQUIRE SUCH PLAN TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA; TO PROVIDE FOR BLADE AND COMPONENT DECOMMISSIONING; TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS ACT UPON A HOLDING OF INVALIDITY; 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.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.