---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts for energy efficiency; extend repeal date on use of."
description: "Public contracts for energy efficiency; extend repeal date on use of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2649"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2649 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e709edf-7259-4b12-a2f7-d77d4c008fb8"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Carter.xml"
source_hash: "6bf298aa98001db26f2fdbc8433b94993cb991c69115481426064e28060ae211"
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 2649 (2021) — Public contracts for energy efficiency; extend repeal date on use of.

## 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/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2649IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2649** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2649.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2649PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2649_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2649SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **117–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **116–4** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carter,Parks,Harkins
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Powell,Hale,Bell (65th)
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+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/1e709edf-7259-4b12-a2f7-d77d4c008fb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).