---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Public Service Commission."
description: "Appropriation; Public Service Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1787"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1787 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Appropriations B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bounds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f224efd-3d34-40c3-8a60-b1b064801659"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Anderson_(122nd).xml"
source_hash: "0c6b5d9337a30c1b35d08cda2e10f12beaa3f6d3ddaed7f80d2acd189576b57c"
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 1787 (2024) — Appropriation; Public Service Commission.

## 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/1700-1799/HB1787IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1787.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1787PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1787_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1787SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bounds — primary (person)
- Anderson (122nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Paden — cosponsor (person)
- Pigott — cosponsor (person)
- Read — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations B;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: A1 To AP
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To A1
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bounds,Read,Mims
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Parker,Blackwell
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 64
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-10T05:00:00+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/0f224efd-3d34-40c3-8a60-b1b064801659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).