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type: "Bill"
title: "Water authority; authorize conversion of for-profit entity formed solely to comply with federal or state order to."
description: "Water authority; authorize conversion of for-profit entity formed solely to comply with federal or state order to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1194"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1194 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Public Utilities", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fffdb2d-05b4-429d-8854-79811b5902d2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(65th).xml"
source_hash: "be4a7c0c56956747758af98c171e7223321f1899bb5497d3e8b9caa7e46604f9"
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 1194 (2025) — Water authority; authorize conversion of for-profit entity formed solely to comply with federal or state order to.
## 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/1100-1199/HB1194IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1194PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1194SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Yates — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs;Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: SA To PU
- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PU To SA
- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+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/8fffdb2d-05b4-429d-8854-79811b5902d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).