l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 74

Speed limits; increase on state highways and interstate highways by five miles per hour.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Highways and Transportation Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 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 SPEED LIMIT ON STATE HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE STATE TO 70 MPH AND TO INCREASE THE SPEED LIMIT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE STATE TO 75 MPH; 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

2 co-sponsors

Otis Anthony, Jeff Hale

Its course

January 10 to March 4, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 1334 days

TransportationJan 10 to Jan 2919 days

In the SenateFeb 13 to Mar 4 · stopped19 days

Highways and TransportationFeb 17 to Mar 4 · stopped15 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 10 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 12Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 13Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 14Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 13PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Referred To Highways and TransportationSenate
  7. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate