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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Municipally owned energy distribution system; expand oversight."
+description: "Municipally owned energy distribution system; expand oversight."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1305"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1305 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9f1341f-b93b-4483-a821-557ec302790c"
+source_url: "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1305.xml"
+source_hash: "77de5d9d6cd9ad23731a797f4fbd1bc6592fc0603f5cc8d5a61ccefee5a33c61"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 1305 (2026) — Municipally owned energy distribution system; expand oversight.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1305IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1305_S_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1305_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm)
+4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1305.pdf)
+5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1305PS.htm)
+6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1305CS.htm)
+7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1305SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **50–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **38–11** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **112–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Powell,McKnight,Rushing
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carter,Williams,McMahan
+- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9f1341f-b93b-4483-a821-557ec302790c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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