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type: "Bill"
title: "Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted."
description: "Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1404"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1404 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07b825da-b86a-481d-8cf0-e1b118e2bea7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml"
source_hash: "8ed4c25bda40108e2a4014911609117134d90cc16cdaacadcde74f0ac2ac306e"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1404_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1404.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404SG.htm)
6. **Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1404_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **8528** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **510** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **10014** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07b825da-b86a-481d-8cf0-e1b118e2bea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).