l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 687

Boat trailers; exempt from highway privilege tax, registration and tag requirements and ad valorem tax.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 25, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO EXEMPT BOAT TRAILERS FROM THE HIGHWAY PRIVILEGE TAX AND AD VALOREM TAXATION, AND FROM REGISTRATION AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "BOAT TRAILER" UNDER THE MOTOR VEHICLE PRIVILEGE TAX LAWS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 27-19-17, 27-19-19 AND 27-19-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE SECTIONS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE PRIVILEGE TAX LAWS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 27-51-5 AND 27-51-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE SECTIONS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AD VALOREM TAX LAW OF 1958, FOR THE PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 27-51-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

Charles Blackwell

Its course

January 14 to February 25, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 25 · stopped42 days

Ways and MeansJan 14 to Feb 25 · stopped42 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 14 – Feb 25

  1. Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published