---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; set to repeal on July 1, 2024."
description: "Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; set to repeal on July 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2454"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2454 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Government Structure", "Marine Resources", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeLano"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c244901a-7371-4d65-acb9-c63d1fee2e6a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/DeLano.xml"
source_hash: "360cccc682eedb322eb072b6fbe4f1333a39ebe159f79ef3e9693cf66bef18e7"
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 2454 (2024) — Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; set to repeal on July 1, 2024.

## 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/SB/2400-2499/SB2454IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2454PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2454SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeLano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy;Government Structure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: EN To GS
- **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 House `introduction`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities;Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PU To MR
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: MR To PU
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+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/c244901a-7371-4d65-acb9-c63d1fee2e6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).