l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 335

Speed limit; increase maximum for interstate highways and certain controlled access highways from 70 mph to 75 mph.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Highways and Transportation Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-501, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AND CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAYS WITH FOUR OR MORE LANES FROM 70 MILES PER HOUR TO 75 MILES PER HOUR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Pat Nelson

Its course

January 12 to March 3, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Feb 625 days

TransportationJan 12 to Jan 219 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 3 · stopped25 days

Highways and TransportationFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 12 – Feb 6

  1. Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 9 – Mar 3

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published