Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB354: Traffic accidents; require law enforcement officers to provide notification of to approaching motorists at least a certain distance from.
Status: Failed, February 3, 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-411, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE SCENE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HALTS THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AS THE RESULT OF ONE OR MORE LANES BEING OBSTRUCTED, TO PROVIDE REASONABLE NOTICE TO APPROACHING MOTORISTS OF THE ACCIDENT AHEAD AND SUBSEQUENT DELAY WITHIN 1,295 FEET OR ONE-QUARTER MILE OF THE CRASH SITE AND LANE OBSTRUCTION; TO PRESCRIBE THE MANNER BY WHICH SUCH NOTICE MAY BE COMMUNICATED TO OTHER MOTORISTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NOTICE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAKES A DETERMINATION THAT NOTICE IS NEITHER POSSIBLE NOR PRACTICABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 63-3-411, mississippi code of 1972, to require law enforcement officers responding to the scene of a motor vehicle accident that halts the flow of traffic as the result of one or more lanes being obstructed, to provide reasonable notice to approaching motorists of the accident ahead and subsequent delay within 1,295 feet or one-quarter mile of the crash site and lane obstruction; to prescribe the manner by which such notice may be communicated to other motorists…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-411, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE SCENE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HALTS THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AS THE RESULT OF ONE OR MORE LANES BEING OBSTRUCTED, TO PROVIDE REASONABLE NOTICE TO APPROACHING MOTORISTS OF THE ACCIDENT AHEAD AND SUBSEQUENT DELAY WITHIN 1,295 FEET OR ONE-QUARTER MILE OF THE CRASH SITE AND LANE OBSTRUCTION; TO PRESCRIBE THE MANNER BY WHICH SUCH NOTICE MAY BE COMMUNICATED TO OTHER MOTORISTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NOTICE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAKES A DETERMINATION THAT NOTICE IS NEITHER POSSIBLE NOR PRACTICABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 63-3-411, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 63-3-411. (1) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the collision to the local police department if the collision occurs within an incorporated municipality, or if the collision occurs outside of an *HR26/R325* H. B. No. 354 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR26/R325 PAGE 1 (DJ\KW) incorporated municipality to …