HB 712 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Public Service Commission; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.

HB 712 removes the requirement that the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) be funded through annual state appropriations from the General Fund. Instead, the bill directs that fees collected by the PSC for regulating utilities (such as electricity, gas, and water providers) must be deposited directly into the State General Fund. This shifts the PSC's funding model from relying on legislative budget allocations to being self-funded through its own fee collections. The bill directly affects the PSC, which oversees public utility regulation across Mississippi.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026
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The bill title was updated to reflect that it has passed the House of Representatives, moving from its original 'As Introduced' status to 'As Passed the House'. This indicates the bill has successfully completed its first legislative chamber and is now proceeding to the next stage of the legislative process. No substantive policy changes to the bill's content are evident from the title change alone.
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The bill title was changed from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House', indicating the bill has been approved by the House of Representatives and is now in a different legislative stage.

Floor votes · House Feb 5, 2026

How they voted

1190
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 122
Feb 5, 2026
D Democratic40
40 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican80
77 Yea 3
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred To Energy;Appropriations
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred To Public Utilities;Appropriations A
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Scott Bounds
Scott Bounds
RRepublican
MS
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