republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-698.md

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Bill	Municipal water, wastewater and sewer services; require equity based billing based on use of.	Municipal water, wastewater and sewer services; require equity based billing based on use of.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 698	Mississippi HB 698 (2023)	bill	Energy Public Utilities	enacted	Yates	6	27	6	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3b6fe4e0-4f99-4a81-9bc4-f1d86285e7f2	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Yates.xml	b19eebb8277f9fe01df4e21ad604b70ea97343378cb4406a6344ed76f79d666d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 698 (2023) — Municipal water, wastewater and sewer services; require equity based billing based on use of.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 698 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 109–9 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 43–9 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 42–10 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 37–12 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 91–20 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 83–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Yates — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Energy referral-committee
• 2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Bounds,Anderson (122nd),Yates
• 2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Carter,Michel,Parks
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Reconsidered
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Recommitted For Further Conf
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Reconsidered
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Recommitted For Further Conf
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b6fe4e0-4f99-4a81-9bc4-f1d86285e7f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).