---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic bids; authorize public utilities to provide system for submittal of as additional option."
description: "Electronic bids; authorize public utilities to provide system for submittal of as additional option."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1648"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1648 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lancaster"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15b3afdb-b30e-4988-a14e-bc286b66c3b0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Lancaster.xml"
source_hash: "965fca5b516bef6d6198d2b80d0080820ea6587b73769991285524ebc4f9f43e"
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 1648 (2024) — Electronic bids; authorize public utilities to provide system for submittal of as additional option.

## 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/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1648IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1648PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1648SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lancaster — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+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/15b3afdb-b30e-4988-a14e-bc286b66c3b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).