---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal utilities; revise composition of the commission to include one person who is a customer that receives service by such utility."
description: "Municipal utilities; revise composition of the commission to include one person who is a customer that receives service by such utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1563"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1563 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMillan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27320770-b684-4cbd-8295-1d9828199fda"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/McMillan.xml"
source_hash: "61b30a62960cc4e186780985c4a32796aec6496fb86f9a634b29dbc7f83d7d21"
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 1563 (2026) — Municipal utilities; revise composition of the commission to include one person who is a customer that receives service by such utility.

## 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/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1563IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1563_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1563.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1563PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1563_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1563CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1563SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McMillan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Faulkner, Powell, McKnight)
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Powell,McKnight,Rushing
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Powell,Rushing,McMillan
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carter,Williams,McMahan
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/27320770-b684-4cbd-8295-1d9828199fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).