HB 1063 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Ad valorem tax; add categories for energy projects and extend deadline for certain exemptions, extend deadlines and revise fee-in-lieu minimum for certain projects.

HB 1063 modifies Mississippi's ad valorem tax rules to support energy projects. It expands the definition of eligible "projects" to include battery energy storage systems, adds energy manufacturing/operation businesses to tax exemption categories, and extends key deadlines - pushing the construction completion deadline for exemptions to 2036 and the authorization deadline for exemptions to 2035. The bill allows counties to exempt up to 50% of a qualifying energy project's assessed value from property taxes for 10 years, provided the project meets a $100 million capital investment threshold. This directly affects energy developers and counties managing tax incentives for large-scale renewable energy and storage facilities.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2026 Last action Mar 28, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

502
Passed
Total votes 52
Mar 17, 2026
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican34
32 Yea 2 Nay
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed As Amended
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Committee
Referred To Finance
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Referred To Ways and Means
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Trey Lamar
Trey Lamar
RRepublican
MS
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