Mississippi 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 2295 — Public Service Commission; extend repealers/clarify enforcement authority and jurisdiction.

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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High

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    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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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

16 added · 15 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of SB 2295 now includes new dates and clarifications around the authority of the commission that oversees public utilities. Specifically, it changes the repeal date from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2022, which essentially extends the timeframe for certain regulations to remain in effect. This matters because it gives the commission more time to enforce its rules and ensure compliance with the law, potentially leading to better governance of public utilities during this period.

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SB2295 (As Sent to Governor) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
SB2295 (As Passed the Senate) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Senator(s) Hopson Senate Bill 2295 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO REENACT SECTIONS 77-1-1, 77-1-3, 77-1-5, 77-1-6, 77-1-11, 77-1-15, 77-1-17, 77-1-19, 77-1-21, 77-1-25, 77-1-27, 77-1-29, 77-1-31, 77-1-33, 77-1-35, 77-1-37, 77-1-39, 77-1-41, 77-1-43, 77-1-47 AND 77-1-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES;
Senator(s) Hopson Senate Bill 2295 (As Passed the Senate) AN ACT TO REENACT SECTIONS 77-1-1, 77-1-3, 77-1-5, 77-1-6, 77-1-11, 77-1-15, 77-1-17, 77-1-19, 77-1-21, 77-1-25, 77-1-27, 77-1-29, 77-1-31, 77-1-33, 77-1-35, 77-1-37, 77-1-39, 77-1-41, 77-1-43, 77-1-47 AND 77-1-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES;
     77-1-43. * * *  (1)  The commission may apply to the circuit or chancery court, by proper proceeding, for aid in the enforcement of obedience to its process, and to compel compliance with * * * the law Title 77, Mississippi Code of 1972, and its lawful rules, regulations, orders, decisions, and determinations.  Said courts shall have jurisdiction to grant aid and relief in such cases, subject to the right of appeal to the Supreme Court by the party aggrieved.  The commission itself may, by order after notice and hearing, institute such proceedings or, at the request of the commission by order after notice and hearing, the Attorney General, or district attorney in his district, shall institute such proceedings in the name of the commission.
     77-1-43. * * *  (1)  The commission may apply to the circuit or chancery court, by proper proceeding, for aid in the enforcement of obedience to its process, and to compel compliance with * * * the law Title 77 of the Mississippi Code of and its lawful rules, regulations, orders, decisions, and determinations.  Said courts shall have jurisdiction to grant aid and relief in such cases, subject to the right of appeal to the Supreme Court by the party aggrieved.  The commission itself may, by order after notice and hearing, institute such proceedings or, at the request of the commission by order after notice and hearing, the Attorney General, or district attorney in his district, shall institute such proceedings in the name of the commission.
     77-1-51.  Sections 77-1-1 through 77-1-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the Public Service Commission and prescribe its powers and duties, shall stand repealed as of December 31, * * * 2018 2020.
     77-1-51.  Sections 77-1-1 through 77-1-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the Public Service Commission and prescribe its powers and duties, shall stand repealed as of December 31, * * * 2018 2022.
     (4)  This section shall stand repealed from and after July 1, * * * 2018 2020.
     (4)  This section shall stand repealed from and after July 1, * * * 2018 2022.
     77-3-5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject only to the limitations imposed in this * * * article chapter and in accordance with the provisions * * * hereof of this chapter, the Public Service Commission shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over the intrastate business and property of public utilities and, for purposes of clarification of the existing scope of said exclusive original jurisdiction, such exclusive original jurisdiction extends, but is not limited to:  the establishment of retail rates;
     77-3-5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject only to the limitations imposed in this * * * article chapter and in accordance with the provisions * * * hereof of this chapter, the Public Service Commission shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over the intrastate business and property of public utilities and, for purposes of clarification of the existing scope of said exclusive original jurisdiction, such exclusive original jurisdiction extends, but is not limited, to:  the establishment of retail rates;
     SECTION 25.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.
     SECTION 25.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2018.
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Concurred in Amend From House

  5. Returned For Concurrence

  6. Passed As Amended

  7. Amended

  8. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  9. Referred To Public Utilities

  10. Transmitted To House

  11. Passed

  12. Committee Substitute Adopted

  13. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  14. Referred To Energy

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 10 voted No

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

Concurrence in Amendment From House

Passed 48 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 15001
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 27201
Total 48202
% of votes cast 92%4%0%4%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Browning — Yea
Burton — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Dawkins — Yea
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jolly — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Wilemon — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Yeas--Barnett — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Parker — Yea
Simmons W. (13th) — Yea
Nays--Blackmon — Nay
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Nay
Absent and those Hudson — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Not Voting
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 90 Yea · 26 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 43000
Democrat 51000
Unaffiliated 411605
Independent 1000
Total 902605
% of votes cast 74%21%0%4%
How each member voted (121)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bomgar — Yea
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Yea
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Nay
Gipson — Yea
Henley — Yea
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Hughes — Nay
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Yea
Mettetal — Yea
Middleton — Yea
Miles — Nay
Paden — Nay
Patterson — Yea
Perkins — Nay
Reynolds — Nay
Shirley — Yea
Staples — Yea
Snowden — Yea
Straughter — Not Voting
Sullivan — Yea
Sykes — Yea
Touchstone — Yea
Walker — Nay
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Willis — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Wooten — Nay
Young — Nay
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Baker — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Huddleston (15th) — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Anderson — Nay
Bell (65th) — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Clarke — Nay
Huddleston (30th) — Nay
Johnson (94th) — Nay
Taylor — Nay
Absent or those Myers — Not Voting
Present--Faulkner — Not Voting
Gibbs (72nd) — Not Voting
Jackson — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Nay
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Nay
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Nay
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Nay
Joseph Thomas Democrat Nay
Kabir Karriem Democrat Nay
Omeria Scott Democrat Nay
Oscar Denton Democrat Nay
Percy W. Watson Democrat Nay
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Nay
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 51 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16000
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 29100
Total 51100
% of votes cast 98%2%0%0%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Browning — Yea
Burton — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jolly — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Wilemon — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Yeas--Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Parker — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons W. (13th) — Yea
Nays--Dawkins — Nay
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety energy
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SB 2295 is sponsored by Briggs Hopson (Republican).
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