2023 Regular Session
| Bill Number | Bill Description | Bill Status | ||
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HB 454 Bad Policy |
Radar; authorize use by municipal law enforcement officers in certain municipalities. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases the amount of policing and radar detection done in municipalities. There are more important policing matters to be focusing on. | ||||
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HB 566 Bad Policy |
Headlights; require to be used whenever windshield wipers necessitated. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill is completely unnecessary government overreach. | ||||
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HB 618 Good Policy |
Transportation funding; authorize public-private partnerships to include naming rights. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows for the state to sell naming rights to highways, roads, and bridges to cover costs of repair. This is a better alternative to raising taxes. | ||||
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HB 691 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate a portion of U.S. Highway 45 in Wayne County, MS, as the 'Army Sergeant Eric C. Newman Memorial Highway.' | Alive | ||
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HB 703 Neutral |
'Medal of Honor Trail'; designate portion of Interstate 22 and U.S. Highway 78 within the State of Mississippi as. | Dead | ||
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HB 723 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Transit Corporation; establish and create study committee. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill creates a study committee to study how to spend more taxpayer money on rail transit. | ||||
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HB 824 Neutral |
MDOT; authorize to assist publicly owned gas and water districts with certain removal and relocation projects. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows MDOT to help smaller municipalities remove and relocate water and gas lines located on state highways. | ||||
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HB 920 Neutral |
Radar; clarify how population is calculated. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill just seeks to clarifies how the 2,000 person minimum for radar equipment is to be counted. | ||||
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HB 986 Bad Policy |
Transportation; allow public and private partnerships to establish electric vehicle charging stations. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill is government using taxpayer to prop up electric car charging station. That is not a proper function of government. | ||||
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HB 1002 Bad Policy |
Petroleum Products Inspection Law; delete repealer on. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill on extending the repealer on the petroleum products inspection law included a section to allow the Southern Rail Commission to prepare grant applications to establish passenger rail services. | ||||
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HB 1003 Good Policy |
Mississippi Fully Autonomous Vehicle Enabling (MS FAVE) Act of 2023; establish to regulate operation of autonomous vehicle on public roads. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill creates regulations and requirements for autonomous vehicles in MS. While the bill does increase government oversight of autonomous vehicles, it provides a clear path for autonomous vehicles to operate in MS. Ensure that it does not apply to passenger vehicles. Recommend questions on vehicle wrecking, if they stop in the middle of the road blocking traffic until representative arrives on site. | ||||
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HB 1016 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate segment of MS Hwy 8 in Chickasaw County as the 'Deputy Jeremy Allen Voyles Memorial Highway'. | Alive | ||
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HB 1017 Neutral |
Memorial intersection; designate intersection of U.S. 45 and CR 110 in Clarke County as the 'Army Spc. Terry Kishaun Dantez Gordon Memorial Intersection'. | Alive | ||
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HB 1025 Neutral |
Airport authority; authorize to dispose of property with a fair market value of zero if certain conditions are met. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill authorizes the disposal of property with a market value of zero if no official or employee of the authority gets any economic benefit from the disposal of the property. | ||||
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HB 1244 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of MS Highway 365 in Prentiss County as the 'Howard Tillman Bobo Memorial Highway'. | Alive | ||
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HB 1245 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of MS Highway 364 in Prentiss County as the 'James Millard Jourdan Memorial Highway'. | Alive | ||
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HB 1246 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of MS Highway 365 in Prentiss County as the 'Leland L. Holland Memorial Highway'. | Alive | ||
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HB 1477 Neutral |
Harvest permits; extend repealer on authority of MDOT to issue. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill allows for MDOT to continue to issue permits for the hauling of certain products. | ||||
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SB 2001 Not Rated |
Transportation; revise population threshold for radar use on public streets of municipalities to 1500. | Dead | ||
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SB 2002 Neutral |
Memorial highways; designate segments of highways to Bradford C. Freeman and Douglas Anderson. | Alive | ||
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SB 2003 Neutral |
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 12 to G. Louis Jones. | Alive | ||
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SB 2154 Not Rated |
Highways; include Old State Highways 6 and 9 in Pontotoc County in the state highway system. | Dead | ||
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SB 2155 Not Rated |
Highways; designate section of US-90 (East Beach Blvd) in Harrison County for Myrtis Franke. | Dead | ||
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SB 2234 Not Rated |
Commercial driver's license; authorize issuance to military-trained personnel under Military Family Freedom Act. | Dead | ||
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SB 2527 Not Rated |
Highways; require four-laning of portions of Highway 6 in Coahoma, Panola and Quitman Counties. | Dead | ||
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SB 2528 Not Rated |
Railroad right-of-way; unlawful to enter and remain upon without the permission of the owner or operator. | Dead | ||
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SB 2529 Neutral |
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 145 to Bishop Leroy Horne. | Dead | ||
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SB 2531 Neutral |
Highways; recognize Representative Alyce Clarke and amend dedication rules for members of public office. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill removes the provision that elected officials still in office cannot have roads or bridges named after them. | ||||
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SB 2532 Neutral |
Highways and Transportation; dedicate the Second Creek Bridge to Boyd Sojourner. | Dead | ||
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SB 2533 Neutral |
Highways and Transportation; dedicate the Second Creek Bridge on Liberty Road to James Carter. | Dead | ||
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SB 2539 Not Rated |
All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles; allow tagging for operation on certain roads. | Dead | ||
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SB 2541 Not Rated |
Mississippi Transportation Commission; amend statute listing powers to make minor technical correction. | Dead | ||
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SB 2542 Neutral |
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 8 to Jeremy Allen Voyles. | Dead | ||
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SB 2545 Neutral |
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 35 to Constable Raye Hawkins. | Alive | ||
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SB 2546 Neutral |
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 51 to Deputy Joe Kenneth Cosby. | Alive | ||
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SB 2547 Neutral |
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 315 to Nolan Mettetal. | Alive | ||
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SB 2555 Not Rated |
Highways; include certain entrances and exits to and from Interstate 55 in the state highway system. | Dead | ||
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SB 2559 Neutral |
Transportation; extend repealer on harvest permit authorization and fees. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill is extending a repealer on the permit regulations for heavy load transportation. | ||||
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SB 2561 Bad Policy |
Highways; make the MS Transportation Commission vote on use of ERBR Fund monies majority instead of unanimous. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill changes the unanimous vote rule to use emergency road and bridges fund to a simple majority. This could lead to a waste of taxpayer money | ||||
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SB 2562 Bad Policy |
Transportation; allow public and private partnerships to establish electric vehicle charging stations. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill is government using taxpayer to prop up electric car charging stations. That is not a proper function of government. | ||||
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SB 2566 Not Rated |
Disposal of airport property; revise procedure. | Dead | ||
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SB 2567 Not Rated |
Transportation; expand the times required for motor vehicle headlight usage. | Dead | ||
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SB 2568 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Transportation; require to pick up animal carcasses within thirty days. | Dead | ||
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SB 2569 Good Policy |
Transportation; allow and regulate autonomous vehicles. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill creates regulations and requirements for autonomous vehicles in MS. While the bill does increase government oversight of autonomous vehicles, it provides a clear path for autonomous vehicles to operate in MS. | ||||
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SB 2570 Not Rated |
Recreational off highway vehicles; authorize operation on county roads subject to registration and other requirements. | Dead | ||
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SB 2571 Not Rated |
State Highway Fund; provide annual income tax and monthly sales and use tax distributions to. | Dead | ||
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SB 2588 Neutral |
'Commissioner Dick Hall Hospitality Station'; MDOT to designate Warren County Welcome Center as. | Alive | ||
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SB 2589 Bad Policy |
West Rankin Parkway; expand permission for use of federal funds. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill expands the amount of federal tax dollars that can be used for a local highway. | ||||
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SB 2602 Neutral |
Highway Memorials; designate segment of Highway 25 to Kash McGraw and Bridge to Stacey Ricks. | Alive | ||
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SN 78 Not Rated |
Homer Rex Germany, Union, Mississippi, Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division Appeals Board as the board member representing the Mississippi Dept. of Public Safety, remainder of a four year term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2025. | Alive | ||
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SN 97 Not Rated |
Alive | |||
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |