---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Public Service Commission."
description: "Appropriation; Public Service Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1641"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1641 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c685b8-a55c-40ce-9dd7-919c24e90781"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "9365ae99ee1b2480573b6a94016fcad3099b5eebea81caadbf894bd3b95649af"
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 1641 (2019) — Appropriation; Public Service Commission.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1641IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1641** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1641.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1641PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1641_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1641SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cockerham — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Hines — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Horan — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Cockerham,Hines
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Clarke,Wilemon,Butler
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+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/f1c685b8-a55c-40ce-9dd7-919c24e90781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).