Mississippi 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 2258 — All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles; allow tagging for operation on certain roads.

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This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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2258 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-31-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES TO OPERATE ON COUNTY RURAL, GRAVEL OR PAVED ROADS;
2258 (As Passed the Senate) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-31-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES TO OPERATE ON COUNTY RURAL, GRAVEL OR PAVED ROADS;
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G3/5 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 1 (baf\kr) (ii) The person possesses a certificate as provided under subsections (3) and (4) of this section * * *;
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G3/5 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 1 (ii) The person possesses a certificate as provided under subsections (3) and (4) of this section * * *;
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 2(baf\kr) operating under this subsection shall comply with licensing and tagging requirements under Title 27, Chapter 19, Mississippi Code of 1972, and with other motor vehicle regulations, except those requiring equipping with windshield wipers.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 2 operating under this subsection shall comply with licensing and tagging requirements under Title 27, Chapter 19, Mississippi Code of 1972, and with other motor vehicle regulations, except those requiring equipping with windshield wipers.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 3(baf\kr) (a) "Off-road vehicle" means any all-terrain vehicle, dirt bike or recreational off-highway vehicle.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 3 (a) "Off-road vehicle" means any all-terrain vehicle, dirt bike or recreational off-highway vehicle.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 4(baf\kr) to make the collection of the taxes imposed by the provisions of this article, which such tax collectors are required to collect.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 4 to make the collection of the taxes imposed by the provisions of this article, which such tax collectors are required to collect.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 5(baf\kr) shall then be entitled to retain five percent (5%) of the registration fees imposed in Section 27-19-43(3)(a) and (b), to be paid into the county general fund;
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 5 shall then be entitled to retain five percent (5%) of the registration fees imposed in Section 27-19-43(3)(a) and (b), to be paid into the county general fund;
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 6(baf\kr) otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, shall be paid by the department into the General Fund of the State Treasury on the first day of the month succeeding the month in which such fees are received by the department.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 6 otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, shall be paid by the department into the General Fund of the State Treasury on the first day of the month succeeding the month in which such fees are received by the department.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 7(baf\kr) 27-19-3.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 7 27-19-3.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 8(baf\kr) except electric bicycles, personal delivery devices and vehicles included within the term "tractor" as herein classified and defined.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 8 except electric bicycles, personal delivery devices and vehicles included within the term "tractor" as herein classified and defined.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 9(baf\kr) (13) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, corporation, joint-stock or other association or organization.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 9 (13) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, corporation, joint-stock or other association or organization.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 10(baf\kr) trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors or other character of commercial or industrial motor vehicles in this state, and having an established place of business in this state.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 10 trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors or other character of commercial or industrial motor vehicles in this state, and having an established place of business in this state.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 11(baf\kr) and school buses as such.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 11 and school buses as such.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 12(baf\kr) hearses, ambulances, and school buses as such.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 12 hearses, ambulances, and school buses as such.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 13(baf\kr) (ii) Any person transporting his own fish, including shellfish, in his own truck.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 13 (ii) Any person transporting his own fish, including shellfish, in his own truck.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 14(baf\kr) (28) "Empty weight" means the actual weight of a vehicle including fixtures and equipment necessary for the transportation of load hauled or to be hauled.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 14 (28) "Empty weight" means the actual weight of a vehicle including fixtures and equipment necessary for the transportation of load hauled or to be hauled.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 15(baf\kr) (15) and (22) of this section.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 15 (15) and (22) of this section.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 16(baf\kr) (37) "Rental fleet" means a group of two hundred (200) or more private carriers of passengers or light carriers of property, as defined in Section 27-51-101, trailers, semitrailers, or motor vehicles in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight, except for those vehicles registered for interstate travel, owned or leased on a long-term basis by a corporation or other legal entity and exempt from ad valorem taxation under Section 27-51-41(2)(n).
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 16 (37) "Rental fleet" means a group of two hundred (200) or more private carriers of passengers or light carriers of property, as defined in Section 27-51-101, trailers, semitrailers, or motor vehicles in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight, except for those vehicles registered for interstate travel, owned or leased on a long-term basis by a corporation or other legal entity and exempt from ad valorem taxation under Section 27-51-41(2)(n).
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 17(baf\kr) 27-19-5.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 17 27-19-5.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 18(baf\kr) filed with the department or the local tax collector of the respective counties and forwarded to the department for issuance to the applicant.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 18 filed with the department or the local tax collector of the respective counties and forwarded to the department for issuance to the applicant.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 19(baf\kr) Beginning July 1, 1987, and until the date specified in Section 65-39-35, there shall be levied a registration fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) in addition to the regular registration fee imposed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 19 Beginning July 1, 1987, and until the date specified in Section 65-39-35, there shall be levied a registration fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) in addition to the regular registration fee imposed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 20(baf\kr) (b) "Public highway" means and includes every way or place of whatever nature, including public roads, streets and alleys of this state generally open to the use of the public or to be opened or reopened to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, notwithstanding that the same may be temporarily closed for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, maintenance * * * or repair.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 20 (b) "Public highway" means and includes every way or place of whatever nature, including public roads, streets and alleys of this state generally open to the use of the public or to be opened or reopened to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, notwithstanding that the same may be temporarily closed for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, maintenance * * * or repair.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 21(baf\kr) (b) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 21 (b) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 22(baf\kr) meets the requirements of the State Board of Education as authorized under Section 37-41-1.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 22 meets the requirements of the State Board of Education as authorized under Section 37-41-1.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 23(baf\kr) "motor scooter" shall not include electric bicycles or personal delivery devices.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 23 "motor scooter" shall not include electric bicycles or personal delivery devices.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 24(baf\kr) (i) Solely powered by an electric motor;
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 24 (i) Solely powered by an electric motor;
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 25(baf\kr) (a) "Highway" means the entire width between property lines of any road, street, way, thoroughfare or bridge in the State of Mississippi not privately owned or controlled, when any part thereof is open to the public for vehicular traffic and over which the state has legislative jurisdiction under its police power.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 25 (a) "Highway" means the entire width between property lines of any road, street, way, thoroughfare or bridge in the State of Mississippi not privately owned or controlled, when any part thereof is open to the public for vehicular traffic and over which the state has legislative jurisdiction under its police power.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 26(baf\kr) overhead wires but not operated upon rails.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 26 overhead wires but not operated upon rails.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 27(baf\kr) agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 27 agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 28(baf\kr) (k) "Registration" means a certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 28 (k) "Registration" means a certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 29(baf\kr) person engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling or exchanging manufactured housing in this state, and licensed as a dealer of manufactured housing by the Mississippi Department of Insurance.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 29 person engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling or exchanging manufactured housing in this state, and licensed as a dealer of manufactured housing by the Mississippi Department of Insurance.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 30(baf\kr) for a right of purchase;
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 30 for a right of purchase;
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 31(baf\kr) (i) "Manufacturer" means any person regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, constructing or assembling motor vehicles, manufactured homes or mobile homes, either within or without this state.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 31 (i) "Manufacturer" means any person regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, constructing or assembling motor vehicles, manufactured homes or mobile homes, either within or without this state.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 32(baf\kr) required to have a road or bridge privilege license, except such as is moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and excepting electric bicycles and personal delivery devices.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 32 required to have a road or bridge privilege license, except such as is moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and excepting electric bicycles and personal delivery devices.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 33(baf\kr) otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, boats or structural members capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 33 otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, boats or structural members capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 34(baf\kr) not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 34 not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 35(baf\kr) (aa) "Trailer" means every vehicle other than a "pole trailer" as defined in this chapter without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle for the purpose of hauling goods or products.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 35 (aa) "Trailer" means every vehicle other than a "pole trailer" as defined in this chapter without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle for the purpose of hauling goods or products.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 PAGE 36(baf\kr) 63-31-3.
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS PAGE 36 63-31-3.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2025.
2258 *SS26/R783* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R783 ST:
2258 *SS08/R783PS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS08/R783PS ST:
All-terrain vehicles and recreational off- PAGE 37(baf\kr) highway vehicles;
All-terrain vehicles and recreational off- PAGE 37 highway vehicles;
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Action History

  1. Died In Committee

  2. Referred To Transportation

  3. Transmitted To House

  4. Passed As Amended

  5. Amended

  6. Title Suff Do Pass

  7. Referred To Highways and Transportation

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Votes

Passage as Amended

Passed 48 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Republican 29201
Unaffiliated 6000
Total 48201
% of votes cast 94%4%0%2%
How each member voted (51)
Member Party Vote
Horhn — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Derrick T. Simmons Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Juan Barnett Democrat Yea
Reginald Jackson Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sarita Simmons Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Bart Williams Republican Nay
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chris Johnson Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Nay
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Not Voting
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Nicole Boyd Republican Yea
Philman Ladner Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Who sponsors SB 2258?
SB 2258 is sponsored by Benjamin Suber (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2258?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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