MDEQ; authorize to regulate placement of solar panels.

SB 2021 would have authorized Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to create rules governing the placement of large solar panel installations. This bill directly affected solar energy developers and installers by requiring them to comply with MDEQ's future regulations on where such installations could be located. The key provision (added to Section 49-2-9 of the Mississippi Code) granted MDEQ explicit authority to regulate large solar panel placement, though the bill did not specify the exact rules or environmental concerns it would address. The bill died in committee on February 3, 2026, and never became law.