---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Byhalia; authorize expansion of natural gas system to a certain area outside the town limits."
description: "Town of Byhalia; authorize expansion of natural gas system to a certain area outside the town limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1625"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1625 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kinkade"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1681f725-ed99-4d34-bd0a-a5dc21e21173"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1625.xml"
source_hash: "c4870998dfb927daab42b3f53fbcb0e596bdd95fee1be50d21e9ae31bbaac4a7"
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 1625 (2018) — Town of Byhalia; authorize expansion of natural gas system to a certain area outside the town limits.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1625IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1625PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1625CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1625SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kinkade — primary (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Mettetal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2018-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+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/1681f725-ed99-4d34-bd0a-a5dc21e21173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).