Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Highways and Transportation Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2121
Low-speed vehicles; allow operation on certain public highways subject to titling and registration.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF LOW-SPEED VEHICLES ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS WHERE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS; TO PERMIT LOW-SPEED VEHICLES TO CROSS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS WHERE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS MORE THAN 35 MILES PER HOUR; TO ALLOW COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF LOW-SPEED VEHICLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS IF NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY; TO AMEND SECTION 63-21-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE LOW-SPEED VEHICLES OPERATED ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN THE DEFINITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO TITLING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-21-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXCLUDE LOW-SPEED VEHICLES NOT OPERATED ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS FROM TITLING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE LOW-SPEED VEHICLES OPERATED ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN THE DEFINITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO PRIVILEGE TAX, REGISTRATION AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-30, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXCLUDE LOW-SPEED VEHICLES NOT OPERATED ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS FROM PRIVILEGE TAX, REGISTRATION AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 23 to March 3, 2020, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 23 to Mar 3 · stopped40 days
Highways and TransportationJan 23 to Mar 3 · stopped40 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 Senate Jan 23 – Mar 3
- Jan 23Referred to the Senate committees on Highways and Transportation and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 23Referred To Highways and Transportation;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate