2024 Regular SessionMississippi Legislature

HB1533: Bioenergy; considered carbon neutral when produced from biomass.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Provide That Bioenergy Produced From Biomass Is Considered Renewable And Carbon Neutral; To Provide That When The Bioenergy Produced From Biomass Is Paired With Bioenergy With Carbon Capture And Storage, The Bioenergy Is Carbon Negative; To Provide That Bioenergy Produced From Agricultural Harvesting Is Considered Renewable And Carbon Neutral; To Provide That When The Bioenergy Produced From Agricultural Harvesting Is Paired With Bioenergy With Carbon Capture And Storage, The Bioenergy Is Carbon Negative; To Bring Forward Sections 49-33-7, 57-39-45 And 75-79-5, Which Relate To The Mississippi Agricultural And Forestry Activity Act, Compilation Of Data Related To Energy Resources, And Pulpwood Scaling And Practices, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Bill History

2/19/2024
Referred To Forestry
House of Representatives
2/27/2024
Title Suff Do Pass
House of Representatives
3/6/2024
Passed
House of Representatives
3/6/2024
Motion to Reconsider Entered (Faulkner, Morgan, McMillan)
House of Representatives
3/18/2024
Died On Calendar
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

House Passed
3/6/2024
77
Yea
36
Nay
9
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/18/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine Die

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Ken Morgan
Ken Morgan
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/20/202420.3 KB