Mississippi 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 3229 — Bonds; authorize revenue bonds to be issued to pay for damage to electric utilities caused by the 2026 winter storm.

Last action — 04/08 Approved by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tate Reeves (Republican) on April 06, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI 2026 SEVERE WINTER STORM ELECTRIC UTILITY CUSTOMER RELIEF AND ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM RESTORATION ACT; TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM BY WHICH THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY AUTHORIZE AND CERTIFY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY FINANCING ORDER AND THE STATE MAY ISSUE BONDS TO PAY THE COSTS OF REPAIRING DAMAGE TO THE SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES CAUSED BY THE 2026 WINTER STORM; TO AUTHORIZE ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO PETITION THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A FINANCING ORDER WHICH, WHEN TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE BOND COMMISSION BY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY, AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESTORING THE SYSTEM OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY; TO PROVIDE THE CONTENTS OF SUCH A PETITION; TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE PETITION; TO ESTABLISH THE DUTIES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WITH REGARD TO SUCH PETITIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTENTS OF FINANCING ORDERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FINANCING ORDER SHALL REQUIRE THE ELECTRIC UTILITY TO COLLECT A SYSTEM RESTORATION CHARGE FROM ITS RETAIL CUSTOMERS SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON ANY BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FINANCING ORDER; TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SYSTEM RESTORATION CHARGES TO ENSURE THAT THE CHARGES ARE SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON ANY BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THE METHOD FOR APPEALING DECISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO A FINANCING ORDER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DURATION OF A FINANCING ORDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN THE FINANCING ORDER TO BE UTILIZED BY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY TO PAY THE COST OF REPAIRS NECESSITATED BY THE 2026 WINTER STORM; TO AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF SINKING FUNDS INTO WHICH SYSTEM RESTORATION CHARGES COLLECTED BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY SHALL BE DEPOSITED AND TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE SINKING FUNDS SHALL BE UTILIZED TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO A FINANCING ORDER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. 04/08 Approved by Governor

  2. 04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. 04/06 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. 03/29 (S) Conference Report Adopted

  5. 03/29 (H) Conference Report Adopted

  6. 03/27 (H) Conference Report Filed

  7. 03/27 (S) Conference Report Filed

  8. 03/25 (H) Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Powell

  9. 03/24 (S) Conferees Named Harkins,Sparks,Whaley

  10. 03/19 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  11. 03/18 (H) Returned For Concurrence

  12. 03/17 (H) Passed As Amended

  13. 03/17 (H) Amended

  14. 03/03 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  15. 02/26 (H) Referred To Ways and Means

  16. 02/26 (S) Transmitted To House

  17. 02/25 (S) Passed

  18. 02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass

  19. 02/24 (S) Referred To Finance

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Floor vote

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 27000
Unaffiliated 12002
Democrat 11000
Total 50002
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Blackmon — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd — Yea
Gillespie Isom — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Williams — Yea
Barnett — Not Voting
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Johnny DuPree Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Justin Pope Democrat Yea
Kamesha Mumford Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
Don Hartness Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

S. B. No. 3229 passed

Passed 116 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 66001
Unaffiliated 24002
Democrat 24004
Independent 2000
Total 116007
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (123)
Member Party Vote
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Bailey (23rd) — Yea
Bailey (49th) — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd (19th) — Yea
Boyd (37th) — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Holloway (27th) — Yea
Holloway (76th) — Yea
Jackson (11th) — Yea
Jackson (45th) — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Williams — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Not Voting
Necessary for Passage--69 — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Not Voting
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Fabian Nelson Democrat Yea
Gregory Elliott Democrat Not Voting
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
Jeffrey Hulum III Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Justin Crosby Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Not Voting
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Robert L. Sanders Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tamarra Butler-Washington Democrat Yea
Timaka James-Jones Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Not Voting
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Beth Luther Waldo Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brad Mattox Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Celeste Hurst Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Clay Mansell Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Elliot Burch Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jim Estrada Republican Yea
Jimmy Fondren Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Jonathan McMillan Republican Yea
Joseph Tubb Republican Yea
Josh Hawkins Republican Yea
Justin Keen Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Kimberly Remak Republican Yea
Lance Varner Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Not Voting
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Rodney Hall Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Lott Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
W.I. "Doc" Harris Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea
Zachary Grady Republican Yea

Official roll call →

On motion of Senator Harkins, the rules were suspended, the bill considered engrossed, read the third time and, the yeas and nays being taken, it passed, title standing as stated,

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 27000
Unaffiliated 14001
Democrat 10001
Total 51002
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (53)
Member Party Vote
Blackmon — Yea
Blackwell — Yea
Boyd — Yea
Gillespie — Yea
Isom — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ladner — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Williams — Yea
Barnett — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Not Voting
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Johnny DuPree Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Justin Pope Democrat Yea
Kamesha Mumford Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
Don Hartness Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 3229 do?
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI 2026 SEVERE WINTER STORM ELECTRIC UTILITY CUSTOMER RELIEF AND ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM RESTORATION ACT; TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM BY WHICH THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY AUTHORIZE AND CERTIFY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY FINANCING ORDER AND THE STATE MAY ISSUE BONDS TO PAY THE COSTS OF REPAIRING DAMAGE TO THE SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES CAUSED BY THE 2026 WINTER STORM; TO AUTHORIZE ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO PETITION THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A FINANCING ORDER WHICH, WHEN TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE BOND COMMISSION BY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY, AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESTORING THE SYSTEM OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY; TO PROVIDE THE CONTENTS OF SUCH A PETITION; TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE PETITION; TO ESTABLISH THE DUTIES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WITH REGARD TO SUCH PETITIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTENTS OF FINANCING ORDERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FINANCING ORDER SHALL REQUIRE THE ELECTRIC UTILITY TO COLLECT A SYSTEM RESTORATION CHARGE FROM ITS RETAIL CUSTOMERS SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON ANY BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FINANCING ORDER; TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SYSTEM RESTORATION CHARGES TO ENSURE THAT THE CHARGES ARE SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON ANY BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THE METHOD FOR APPEALING DECISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO A FINANCING ORDER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DURATION OF A FINANCING ORDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN THE FINANCING ORDER TO BE UTILIZED BY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY TO PAY THE COST OF REPAIRS NECESSITATED BY THE 2026 WINTER STORM; TO AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF SINKING FUNDS INTO WHICH SYSTEM RESTORATION CHARGES COLLECTED BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY SHALL BE DEPOSITED AND TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE SINKING FUNDS SHALL BE UTILIZED TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO A FINANCING ORDER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Who sponsors SB 3229?
SB 3229 is sponsored by Josh Harkins (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 3229?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2026. Enacted.
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