---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system."
description: "Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2798"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2798 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44823e28-b7ab-417b-a1e6-adab3ce6c3ae"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Carter.xml"
source_hash: "95fc329f7530f35c8aed41513d29906a00bc567d842edad26e3a22e75abf1ae3"
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 2798 (2021) — Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system.

## 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/2700-2799/SB2798IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2798_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2798** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2798.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2798PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2798_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2798CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2798SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **119–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **112–6** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **48–0** (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 Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **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 Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carter,Parks,Polk
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bounds,Anderson (122nd),Gibbs (36th)
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-22T05:00:00+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/44823e28-b7ab-417b-a1e6-adab3ce6c3ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).