---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission; extend repealers/clarify enforcement authority and jurisdiction."
description: "Public Service Commission; extend repealers/clarify enforcement authority and jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2295"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2295 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities", "Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1448ebb-19c0-47fc-a1de-333b8179d705"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2295.xml"
source_hash: "389dc5085034472ccd3b9e43e8bc977438ed72cb99d73c18699821f758209e1e"
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 2295 (2018) — Public Service Commission; extend repealers/clarify enforcement authority and jurisdiction.

## 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/SB/2200-2299/SB2295IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2295PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2295CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2295SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **90–26** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **48–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+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/d1448ebb-19c0-47fc-a1de-333b8179d705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).