---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solar decommissioning; create provisions concerning."
description: "Solar decommissioning; create provisions concerning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2527"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2527 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3870c7dc-ae91-405a-a613-3388acd8725b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/McCaughn.xml"
source_hash: "ccfc11529d23b68e4eb89fa9fdeed2ef08e2691c210f4fdd357a2768217f4e6c"
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 2527 (2026) — Solar decommissioning; create provisions concerning.

## 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/SB/2500-2599/SB2527IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2527_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2527** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2527.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2527PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2527_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2527SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **116–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: EN To AC
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To EN
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+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/3870c7dc-ae91-405a-a613-3388acd8725b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).