---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies; revise certain provisions regarding tax exemptions."
description: "Equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies; revise certain provisions regarding tax exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1644"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1644 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8663a40e-7cd5-4333-97be-3b5b8d2a7c3c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Powell.xml"
source_hash: "f040026dc43621e5540303256e3b707a21818e1a95b17ec8780e5dc242f9078c"
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 1644 (2025) — Equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies; revise certain provisions regarding tax exemptions.

## 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/2025/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1644IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1644.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1644PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1644_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1644CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1644SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2025-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+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/8663a40e-7cd5-4333-97be-3b5b8d2a7c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).