republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-1404.md

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Bill	Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted.	Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 1404	Mississippi HB 1404 (2026)	bill	Judiciary A Judiciary Division B	enacted	Yates	6	16	3	2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/07b825da-b86a-481d-8cf0-e1b118e2bea7	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml	8ed4c25bda40108e2a4014911609117134d90cc16cdaacadcde74f0ac2ac306e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1404 (2026) — Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted.

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 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1404 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source
6. Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 85–28 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 100–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Yates — primary (person)
• Felsher — cosponsor (person)
• Mansell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary A referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered (Porter, Hood, Yates)
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division B referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2026-03-19T05:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/07b825da-b86a-481d-8cf0-e1b118e2bea7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).