---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Rankin Utility Authority; require payments made by public agency members be used solely to pay certain bonds."
description: "West Rankin Utility Authority; require payments made by public agency members be used solely to pay certain bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1696 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a865e3e-3f4d-4b22-ae54-ef6c39a805a2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1696.xml"
source_hash: "cb9b71575e469d6290e034ee265bcbcfbd7bb37df653d656935443ba7b62648c"
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 1696 (2018) — West Rankin Utility Authority; require payments made by public agency members be used solely to pay certain bonds.

## 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/HB1696IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1696PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1696SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **105–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Calhoun — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers_(61st) — cosponsor (person)
- Weathersby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Recalled From House
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-12T05:00:00+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/1a865e3e-3f4d-4b22-ae54-ef6c39a805a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).