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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing."
description: "Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Mississippi HB 809 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bounds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/300a01e2-de2a-4d12-b1a1-91fc003a6ea2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml"
source_hash: "366cdb3b13049d24a1e904fe1374079ca3c475de1b6e518f404afd063bd15244"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0809IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0809PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0809SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **520** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **1083** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/300a01e2-de2a-4d12-b1a1-91fc003a6ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).