republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2018/hb-297.md

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Bill	Public Utilities Act; clarify that customer deposit is included in definition of "rate."	Public Utilities Act; clarify that customer deposit is included in definition of "rate."	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2018	HB 297	Mississippi HB 297 (2018)	bill	Public Utilities Energy	enacted	Sanford	3	11	2	2018-01-02T06:00:00+00:00	2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bb9cf9de-8bfc-49de-85eb-b27fd34e4fbf	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0297.xml	e43ceecfb95e90cf953ae0304f526ca3412f348053e8fce6ee3f9de89bc146f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 297 (2018) — Public Utilities Act; clarify that customer deposit is included in definition of "rate."

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 47–4 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 117–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Sanford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-02T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Energy referral-committee
• 2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb9cf9de-8bfc-49de-85eb-b27fd34e4fbf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).