Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2781
Mississippi Video Service Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI VIDEO SERVICE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE TERMS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR FRANCHISING AUTHORITY AND APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF FRANCHISE AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE FOR MODIFICATION OF SERVICE AREAS; TO PRESCRIBE TERM LENGTH OF A CERTIFICATE OF FRANCHISE AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE FOR TERMINATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF FRANCHISE AUTHORITY; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE FEES FOR A CERTIFICATE OF FRANCHISE AUTHORITY; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF FRANCHISE AUTHORITY TO USE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY; TO PRESCRIBE A VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDER FEE; TO PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH FEE; TO STIPULATE THAT THE VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDER FEE IS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS REVENUE DETERMINED BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; TO PROVIDE FOR ESTABLISHING, INCREASING OR LOWERING A VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDER FEE; TO AUTHORIZE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO CONDUCT AUDITS OF VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENSURE PROPER AND ACCURATE PAYMENT; TO REQUIRE VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDERS TO KEEP BUSINESS RECORDS SHOWING GROSS REVENUE; TO PROVIDE FOR ANNEXATION OF LANDS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION, 77-21-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDE REMEDIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR DESIGNATION AND USE OF CHANNEL CAPACITY FOR PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL OR GOVERNMENTAL USE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-21-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS; 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.