---
type: "Bill"
title: "Metro Jackson Water Authority Act; create."
description: "Metro Jackson Water Authority Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1677"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1677 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "State Affairs", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yates"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03b1fa24-3150-4268-aef6-746af27a4058"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Mansell.xml"
source_hash: "986353ded7f1d0972fc52d791713134c180e29d82ecb2dfaf53a8d564f845f00"
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 1677 (2026) — Metro Jackson Water Authority Act; create.

## 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/1600-1699/HB1677IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1677_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1677_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1677_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.pdf)
5. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1677** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1677.pdf)
6. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1677PS.htm)
7. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1677_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
8. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1677CS.htm)
9. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1677SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **79–41** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **100–13** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **43–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yates — primary (person)
- Mansell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs;Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: SA To WM
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: WM To SA
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Yates,Powell
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carter,Williams,Frazier
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+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/03b1fa24-3150-4268-aef6-746af27a4058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).