Mississippi Senate Bill 2835

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 12 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-26 - DR - TSDPAA: TE To AC
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; To Define Terms; To Establish The Mississippi Communications Authority Within The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency; To Create An Advisory Board To Advise The Authority; To Outline The Authority's Powers And Duties; To Establish Confidentiality; To Provide That The Attorney General Shall Provide Legal Services To The Authority; To Create An Emergency Communications Service Charge; To Provide For Collection Of, Holding, And Distribution Of The Service Charge; To Require Certain Registrations From Service Providers; To Provide That Wireless Emergency Telephone Service Shall Not Be Used For Personal Use; To Require The Department Of Revenue To Pay All Remitted Emergency Communications Service Charges Over To The Authority; To Provide For A Deposit Into The Emergency Communications Public Safety Trust Fund; To Require Each Emergency Communications District To Submit A Financial And Program Audit To The Authority Advisory Board Annually; To Require All Emergency Communication Districts To Adopt An Ng911 Plan No Later Than December 31, 2030; To Bring Forward Section 19-5-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 19-5-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Counties To Form Ecds In Coordination With Each Other; To Bring Forward Section 19-5-307, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 19-5-315, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Provision That Stipulates That Chapter 5 Shall Be Construed To Amend, Repeal Or Supersede Any Local And Private Act; To Bring Forward Section 19-5-317, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 33-15-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Agency To Serve As The Statewide Coordinator For Emergency Communications; To Bring Forward Section 33-15-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 19-5-343, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Repeal Sections 19-5-303, 19-5-311, 19-5-313, 19-5-331, 19-5-333, 19-5-335, 19-5-337, 19-5-339, 19-5-341, 19-5-343, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Related To The Emergency Telephone Service; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create.

Sen. Scott DeLano [R]

2025-02-12 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-26	House	DR - TSDPAA: TE To AC
2025-02-17	House	Referred To Technology;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2025-02-13	Senate	Transmitted To House
2025-02-12	Senate	Passed
2025-02-12	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2025-02-04	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2025-01-20	Senate	Referred To Technology

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	5	301	New Code	See Bill Text
19	5	303	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	305	Amended Code	See Bill Text
19	5	307	New Code	See Bill Text
19	5	311	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	313	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	315	Amended Code	See Bill Text
19	5	317	New Code	See Bill Text
19	5	331	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	333	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	335	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	337	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	339	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	341	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	343	New Code	See Bill Text
33	15	14	Amended Code	See Bill Text
33	15	7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2835.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2835IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2835CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2835PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/votes/senate/0370012.pdf