republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-1563.md

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Bill	Municipal utilities; revise composition of the commission to include one person who is a customer that receives service by such utility.	Municipal utilities; revise composition of the commission to include one person who is a customer that receives service by such utility.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 1563	Mississippi HB 1563 (2026)	bill	Energy Public Utilities	enacted	McMillan	7	25	5	2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00	2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/27320770-b684-4cbd-8295-1d9828199fda	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/McMillan.xml	61b30a62960cc4e186780985c4a32796aec6496fb86f9a634b29dbc7f83d7d21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1563 (2026) — Municipal utilities; revise composition of the commission to include one person who is a customer that receives service by such utility.

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 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1563 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
6. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 119–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 51–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McMillan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted substitution
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered (Faulkner, Powell, McKnight)
• 2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00 Reconsidered
• 2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Energy referral-committee
• 2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Powell,McKnight,Rushing
• 2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Powell,Rushing,McMillan
• 2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Carter,Williams,McMahan
• 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27320770-b684-4cbd-8295-1d9828199fda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).