Committees · 2017 Regular Session
Highways and Transportation
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2017 Regular Session.
Bills sent36
2% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out58%
21 of 36; 15 stopped in committee
Time in committee8 days
most between 3 and 9 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202622 bills
reported 59% · typically 9 days, most 9–11 · 0 amendments · 19 members
202529 bills
reported 48% · typically 15 days, most 9–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202439 bills
reported 62% · typically 9 days · 0 amendments · 0 members
202349 bills
reported 59% · typically 9 days, most 8–9 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202238 bills
reported 74% · typically 12 days, most 9–18 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202123 bills
reported 61% · typically 7 days, most 7–13 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202046 bills
reported 37% · typically 15 days, most 9–16 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201922 bills
reported 64% · typically 8 days, most 7–9 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201831 bills
reported 48% · typically 15 days, most 14–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201736 bills
reported 58% · typically 8 days, most 3–9 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201631 bills
reported 52% · typically 11 days, most 9–11 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201565 bills
reported 65% · typically 15 days, most 14–18 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201442 bills
reported 57% · typically 15 days, most 14–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201366 bills
reported 68% · typically 14 days, most 9–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201254 bills
reported 67% · typically 17 days, most 11–30 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201155 bills
reported 55% · typically 9 days, most 9–13 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201040 bills
reported 40% · typically 14 days, most 9–20 · 0 amendments · 0 members
200958 bills
reported 55% · typically 13 days, most 5–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
200863 bills
reported 56% · typically 14 days, most 9–16 · 0 amendments · 0 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2017 Regular Session, newest first.
36 bills
House Bill 865 · Anemometer towers; extend repealer on safety marking requirements for aviation purposes.
Sent February 22, 2017 · Reported out after 1 day · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 25 · Highways; require MDOT to install rumble strips along shoulders of newly constructed or resurfaced roadways.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 8 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 246 · Motor vehicle; require to travel at a safe and appropriate rate of speed when approaching certain features on the roadway.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 8 days
House Bill 383 · Commercial driver's license; require Commissioner of Public Safety to adopt rules providing for military skills test waiver as authorized by federal law.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 514 · MS Transportation Commission; authorize to require its contractors to provide work zone safety operations.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 3 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 539 · Seat belts; require for all passengers.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 3 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 891 · Recognition and welcome signs; allow for placement adjacent to state highways in unincorporated area of counties.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 907 · Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 1015 · "State Representative Percy L. Maples Memorial Interchange"; designate certain interchange in George County as.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 1018 · Bo Diddley Memorial Highway; designate segment of I-55 in Pike County as.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 8 days
House Bill 1088 · Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as.
Sent February 20, 2017 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 511 · Motor vehicles; prohibit travel in outermost left lane except under certain conditions.
Sent February 17, 2017 · Reported out after 6 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 939 · Division of State Aid Road Construction; authorize to administer a bridge replacement project on Mississippi Highway 407 in Attala County.
Sent February 17, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 11 days
Senate Bill 2375 · Safety marking requirements on certain anemometer towers; extend repealer on.
Sent January 26, 2017 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2662 · Motor vehicles; increase weight limit tolerance for harvest permit vehicles and vehicles loading and unloading at state ports.
Sent January 26, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 5 days
Senate Bill 2365 · Memorial bridges; designate the bridge on MS Highway 302 that spans I-55 as the "Senator George E. Guerieri, Sr., Memorial Bridge."
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2367 · Memorial bridge; designate certain bridge in DeSoto County as the "Senator George E. Guerieri, Sr. Memorial Bridge."
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2393 · Radar; authorize use by sheriffs.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2453 · Highways; require highways removed from state highway system to be placed in the state aid road program.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2501 · Outermost left lane of a multilane roadway; prohibit continuous travel by a motor vehicle.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · did not pass the Senate
16 more
Senate Bill 2515 · State aid roads; increase amount of motor fuel taxes allocated to include municipal roads in allocation formula.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2571 · Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area; directors may place appropriate signs and markers on public roads.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 2609 · Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2648 · Highways; person may cross a public road or highway on an all-terrain vehicle.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 2653 · Highways; authorize MDOT law enforcement officers or contractors to enforce work zones prohibition.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 15 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 2669 · Outdoor advertisement signs; revise height requirement on those erected after April 15, 2008.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2724 · Seat belts; mandate for all passengers not required to use a child-restraint system.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 2781 · Railroad grade crossings; prohibit obstruction of vehicular traffic for more than 20 consecutive minutes at grade crossings.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2801 · Transportation; require MDOT to develop a complete streets program.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2827 · Highways; require MDOT to clearly mark right-of-way boundary markers.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2857 · Memorial highways; designate certain segments of highways as.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2859 · Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as memorial highways.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2860 · Highways; require MDOT to erect signs along certain highways to inform motorists that texting while driving is illegal.
Sent January 16, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2155 · Memorial Highways; designate a segment of MS Highway 589 in Lamar County as the "Police Chief Willie James Preston Memorial Highway."
Sent January 9, 2017 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2086 · Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers necessary.
Sent January 6, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
Senate Bill 2050 · Harvest permits; increase maximum vehicle weight and delete date of repeal.
Sent January 5, 2017 · Stopped in committee after 26 days