Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi SB2257: Harvest permits; delete repealer on provisions establishing maximum weight and approved routes of vehicles.
Status: Failed, March 31, 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REPEALER ON THE PROVISIONS OF LAW THAT PROVIDE FOR THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF HARVEST PERMIT VEHICLES AND REQUIRE CERTAIN HARVEST PERMIT HOLDERS TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THEIR ROUTES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 63-5-33, mississippi code of 1972, to delete the repealer on the provisions of law that provide for the maximum weight of harvest permit vehicles and require certain harvest permit holders to get prior approval for their routes; and for related purposes.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REPEALER ON THE PROVISIONS OF LAW THAT PROVIDE FOR THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF HARVEST PERMIT VEHICLES AND REQUIRE CERTAIN HARVEST PERMIT HOLDERS TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THEIR ROUTES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 63-5-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 63-5-33. (1) Subject to the limitations imposed on wheel and axle loads by Section 63-5-27, and to the further limitations hereinafter specified, the total combined weight (vehicles plus load) on any group of axles of a vehicle or a combination of vehicles shall not exceed the value given in the following table (Table III) corresponding to the distance in feet between the extreme axles of the group, measured longitudinally to the nearest foot, on those highways or parts of highways designated by the Mississippi Transportation Commission as being capable of carrying the maximum load limits and, in addition thereto, such other highways or parts of highways found by the commission to be suitable to carry the maximum load limits from an engineering standpoint, and so designated as such by order of the commission entered upon its minutes and published once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a daily newspaper …
Sponsors
- Younger, Charles (R, 17) · primary sponsor
- Whaley, Neil S. (R, 10)
- David Jordan (D)
- Rhodes, Brian (R, 36)
- Berry, Andy (R, 35)
Latest actions
- : Died In Conference
- : Conferees Named Massengill,Tubb,Hawkins
- : Conferees Named Younger,Whaley,Berry
- : Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- : Returned For Concurrence
- : Passed As Amended
- : Amended
- : Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
- : Referred To Transportation
- : Transmitted To House
Votes
- Passed (March 5, 2026): 109 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Passed (March 5, 2026): 107 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Passed (February 10, 2026): 44 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Concurred in Amend From House (March 5, 2025): 50 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Passed As Amended (February 6, 2025): 104 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Harvest permits
Common questions
- What is SB2257?
- SB2257 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Harvest permits; delete repealer on provisions establishing maximum weight and approved routes of vehicles.
- What does SB2257 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend section 63-5-33, mississippi code of 1972, to delete the repealer on the provisions of law that provide for the maximum weight of harvest permit vehicles and require certain harvest permit holders to get prior approval for their routes; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of SB2257?
- Failed as of March 31, 2025. Latest action: Died In Conference (March 31, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB2257?
- Younger, Charles (R, 17), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB2257?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2257.xml
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