HB848 • 2026

Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment to pump or transfer potable water during natural disasters.

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 2027.

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Hale, Remak
Last action: 2026-02-25
Official status: Dead
Effective date: July 1, 20

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was stopped in committee. Therefore, the specific impacts on healthcare facilities and essential institutions are speculative at this point.

Funding for Water Pumping Equipment During Disasters

This bill provides money to buy equipment that can pump or move clean water during emergencies caused by natural disasters.

What This Bill Does

Gives the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) $1,500,000 from the State General Fund.
Uses this money to buy equipment for pumping and transferring potable (clean) water.
The equipment will be used during emergencies when natural disasters affect water systems.

Who It Names or Affects

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
Healthcare facilities and essential institutions

Terms To Know

Potable Water: Water that is safe to drink
Essential Institutions: Places like hospitals, schools, or government buildings that are important for the community during emergencies.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was stopped in committee.
It only provides funding for one fiscal year (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027).

Bill History

2026-02-25 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/25 (H) Died In Committee
2026-01-16 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
01/16 (H) Referred To Appropriations A

Official Summary Text

Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment to pump or transfer potable water during natural disasters.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

H. B. No. 848 *HR43/R538* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2
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To: Appropriations A
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representatives Hale, Remak

HOUSE BILL NO. 848

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY 1
MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF 2
EQUIPMENT TO PUMP OR TRANSFER POTABLE WATER TO HEALTHCARE 3
FACILITIES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL INSTITUTIONS DURING WATER SYSTEM 4
EMERGENCIES DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. 5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 6
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be 7
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General 8
Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Mississippi Emergency 9
Management Agency for the purpose of providing funding for the 10
acquisition of equipment to pump or transfer potable water to 11
healthcare facilities and other essential institutions during 12
water system emergencies due to natural disasters for the fiscal 13
year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027............. 14
.................................................. $ 1,500,000.00. 15
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid 16
by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund 17
not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State 18
Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue the 19
H. B. No. 848 *HR43/R538* ~ OFFICIAL ~
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ST: Appropriation; MEMA to purchase equipment
to pump or transfer potable water during natural
disasters.
warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or 20
officers in the manner provided by law. 21
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from 22
and after July 1, 2026. 23