republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-809.md

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Bill	Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing.	Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 809	Mississippi HB 809 (2023)	bill	Accountability Efficiency Transparency Public Utilities	enacted	Bounds	3	12	2	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/300a01e2-de2a-4d12-b1a1-91fc003a6ea2	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml	366cdb3b13049d24a1e904fe1374079ca3c475de1b6e518f404afd063bd15244	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 809 (2023) — Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing.

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 — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 108–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bounds — 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 Read the Third Time reading-3
• 2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency referral-committee
• 2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/300a01e2-de2a-4d12-b1a1-91fc003a6ea2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).