Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 12, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2614
Radar; authorize sheriffs to use based on population and prohibit speed traps.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF AND HIS DEPUTIES IN ANY COUNTY TO USE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT UNITS UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY LYING OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, VILLAGE OR HAMLET; TO PRIORITIZE USAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS; TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT UNITS IN A COUNTY BASED ON POPULATION; TO DEFINE AND PROHIBIT SPEED TRAPS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-25-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES THE DRIVER TRAINING PENALTY ASSESSMENT FUND, FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 19 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days
Highways and TransportationJan 19 to Jan 3011 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 19 – Feb 12
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
- Jan 30Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 12Tabled in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Highways and TransportationSenate
- Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 12TabledSenate