Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 654
Motor vehicle tinted window; authorize those diagnosed with certain condition by optometrist licensed in the state to drive with.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE OPTOMETRIST LICENSED TO PRACTICE OPTOMETRY IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO PROVIDE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION TO PATIENTS WHO WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PLACE A FILM OVER THEIR WINDSHIELD IN ORDER TO SAFELY OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN HIS OR HER NAME; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 13 to February 12, 2026, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 12 · stopped30 days
TransportationJan 13 to Feb 220 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 13 – Feb 12
- Jan 13Referred to the House committee on Transportation
- Feb 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 12Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
- Feb 2Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
- Feb 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives