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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bonds; authorize revenue bonds to be issued to pay for damage to electric utilities caused by the 2026 winter storm."
+description: "Bonds; authorize revenue bonds to be issued to pay for damage to electric utilities caused by the 2026 winter storm."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3229"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 3229 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harkins"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d30930-fb9d-468f-aa96-ca9109f3888d"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Simmons_(12th).xml"
+source_hash: "1bb1804e76fdbf89c5eda5c0b7e042ec33137d97de1827be1930326df25d34ce"
+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 SB 3229 (2026) — Bonds; authorize revenue bonds to be issued to pay for damage to electric utilities caused by the 2026 winter storm.
+
+## 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/SB/3200-3299/SB3229IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 3229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB3229.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/3200-3299/SB3229PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB3229_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/3200-3299/SB3229SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harkins — primary (person)
+- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Sparks,Whaley
+- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Powell
+- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+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/b1d30930-fb9d-468f-aa96-ca9109f3888d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+