HC 66 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Unintended impact of wind turbine usage in agriculture; create Joint Legislative Study Committee to make recommendations regarding.

This bill creates a joint legislative study committee to examine potential impacts of wind turbines on agriculture in Mississippi. The committee will specifically study issues like wind turbine placement affecting nearby farming (including chemical drift), impacts on aquifers, safety for agricultural pilots, effects on migratory birds along the Mississippi Flyway, and decommissioning funding. It directly affects agricultural communities, farmers, and property owners near wind energy installations. The committee, composed of relevant committee chairs, must report findings and proposed legislation to the legislature by December 2025.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 27, 2025 Last action Apr 4, 2025
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As Introduced Current version · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to an adopted version with improved formatting and clearer section numbering. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the creation of a joint study committee to examine wind turbine impacts on agriculture, the committee's membership structure, research topics, and reporting deadlines.
TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout were updated to reflect the bill's adoption by the House, including changes in header information and section numbering style.

Some text encoding issues were corrected, particularly in the WHEREAS clauses, improving readability while maintaining the same substantive content.

Section numbering was standardized from a mix of (1)-(10) to clearer formatting with consistent indentation and spacing throughout the document.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Referred To Rules
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Be Adopted
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred To Rules
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Jeff Hale
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