Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1706: Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment to pump or transfer potable water during natural disasters.
Status: Failed, February 26, 2025
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT TO PUMP OR TRANSFER POTABLE WATER TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL INSTITUTIONS DURING WATER SYSTEM EMERGENCIES DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
What the bill says
An act making an appropriation to the mississippi emergency management agency to provide funding for the acquisition of equipment to pump or transfer potable water to healthcare facilities and other essential institutions during water system emergencies due to natural disasters for the fiscal year 2026.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT TO PUMP OR TRANSFER POTABLE WATER TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL INSTITUTIONS DURING WATER SYSTEM EMERGENCIES DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of providing funding for the acquisition of equipment to pump or transfer potable water to healthcare facilities and other essential institutions during water system emergencies due to natural disasters for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026............. .................................................. $ 1,500,000.00. SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue the warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
Sponsors
- Hale, Jeff (R, 24) · primary sponsor
- Burch, Elliot (R, 105)
- Carpenter, Lester (R, 1)
- Creekmore, Samuel (R, 14)
- Eubanks, Dan (R, 25)
- Hall, Rodney (R, 20)
- Keen, Justin (R, 6)
- Kinkade, Bill (R, 52)
- Mattox, Brad (R, 2)
- McCray, Hester Jackson (D, 40)
- Tubb, Joseph (R, 87)
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Appropriations A
Subjects: Appropriation
Common questions
- What is HB1706?
- HB1706 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment to pump or transfer potable water during natural disasters.
- What does HB1706 do?
- In its own words: An act making an appropriation to the mississippi emergency management agency to provide funding for the acquisition of equipment to pump or transfer potable water to healthcare facilities and other essential institutions during water system emergencies due to natural disasters for the fiscal year 2026.
- What is the status of HB1706?
- Failed as of February 26, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1706?
- Hale, Jeff (R, 24), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1706?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1706.xml
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