2021 Regular Session Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create. AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI BROADBAND ACCESSIBILITY ACT; TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR THE ACT; TO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR OF MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER THE BROADBAND ACCESSIBILITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE DEPLOYMENT AND ADOPTION OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES TO UNSERVED AREAS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED PURSUANT TO POLICIES DEVELOPED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF, SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT, WHICH SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE AWARDING OF GRANTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT ARE COOPERATIVES, CORPORATIONS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, PARTNERSHIPS, OR OTHER PRIVATE BUSINESS ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE BROADBAND SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/15/21 at 11:35 H B 505 House Bill 505 HB 505 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2021 Public Utilities F ../../House_cmtes/PU.xml Energy F ../../Senate_cmtes/EN.xml Appropriations T ../../Senate_cmtes/AP.xml Bounds ../../House_authors/Bounds.xml Anderson (110th) ../../House_authors/Anderson_(110th).xml Gibbs (72nd) ../../House_authors/Gibbs_(72nd).xml Mickens ../../House_authors/Mickens.xml Anthony ../../House_authors/Anthony.xml Brown (70th) ../../House_authors/Brown_(70th).xml Miles ../../House_authors/Miles.xml Stamps ../../House_authors/Stamps.xml 1 01/18 (H) Referred To Public Utilities 2 01/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/09 (H) Passed ../../../../2021/pdf/votes/house/0360005.pdf 4 02/10 (H) Transmitted To Senate 5 02/18 (S) Referred To Energy;Appropriations 6 03/01 (S) DR - TSDPAA: EN To AP 7 03/02 (S) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2021/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0505PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0505PS.htm ../../../../documents/2021/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0505IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0505IN.htm ../../../../documents/2021/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0505PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0505PS.htm N ../../../../documents/2021/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0505.pdf