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HB1191 • 2026

Radar speed detection equipment; authorize use in certain municipalities with populations under 15,000.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHIN ANY MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF UNDER 15,000, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI, TO UTILIZE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT ON FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS LYING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Crawford
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Dead
Effective date
July 1, 20

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not provide information about informing the state highway patrol of road blockages or emergencies, which was included in the candidate explanation.

Using Radar for Speeding Tickets in Small Towns

This bill allows small towns with fewer than 15,000 people to use radar guns on federal highways within their city limits, except Pass Christian.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a law to allow police officers in municipalities under 15,000 residents to use radar speed detection equipment on federal highways inside the town's borders.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Law enforcement officers in municipalities with fewer than 15,000 residents.
  • Drivers on federal highways in these small towns.

Terms To Know

Radar speed detection equipment
Devices used by police to measure how fast cars are going.
Corporate limits
The official boundaries of a city or town.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill did not pass and was stopped in committee.
  • Pass Christian is specifically excluded from using radar speed detection equipment, even if it meets other requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/03 (H) Died In Committee

  2. 2026-01-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    01/19 (H) Referred To County Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Official Summary Text

Radar speed detection equipment; authorize use in certain municipalities with populations under 15,000.

Current Bill Text

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H. B. No. 1191 *HR43/R2188* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2
26/HR43/R2188
PAGE 1 (OM\KP)

To: County Affairs;
Accountability, Efficiency,
Transparency
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representative Crawford

HOUSE BILL NO. 1191

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 1
TO AUTHORIZE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHIN ANY MUNICIPALITY 2
WITH A POPULATION OF UNDER 15,000, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PASS 3
CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI, TO UTILIZE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT 4
ON FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS LYING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS 5
OF THE MUNICIPALITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 6
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 7
SECTION 1. Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 8
amended as follows: 9
63-3-519. It shall be unlawful for any person or peace 10
officer or law enforcement agency, except the Mississippi Highway 11
Safety Patrol, to purchase or use or allow to be used any type of 12
radar speed detection equipment upon any public street, road or 13
highway of this state. However, such equipment may be used: 14
(a) By municipal law enforcement officers within a 15
municipality having a population of two thousand (2,000) or more 16
according to the latest or a previous federal census upon the 17
public streets of the municipality, but in no case where the 18
latest federal census population for the municipality is less than 19
one thousand five hundred (1,500); 20
H. B. No. 1191 *HR43/R2188* ~ OFFICIAL ~
26/HR43/R2188
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ST: Radar speed detection equipment; authorize
use in certain municipalities with populations
under 15,000.
(b) By any college or university campus police force 21
within the confines of any campus wherein more than two thousand 22
(2,000) students are enrolled; 23
(c) By municipal law enforcement officers in any 24
municipality having a population in excess of fifteen thousand 25
(15,000) according to the latest federal census on federally 26
designated highways lying within the corporate limits * * * ; 27
(d) By municipal law enforcement officers upon the 28
public streets of any incorporated municipality (i) where the 29
county seat is located in the municipality and (ii) where there is 30
a public community college located in the municipality * * *; and 31
(e) By municipal law enforcement officers in any 32
municipality, except on US Highway 90 within the corporate limits 33
of Pass Christian, Mississippi, having a population under fifteen 34
thousand (15,000) according to the latest federal census on 35
federally designated highways lying within the corporate limits. 36
The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall be immediately 37
notified by municipal law enforcement of any road blockages or 38
emergencies occurring on any federally designated limited-access 39
highways lying within the corporate limits. 40
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 41
and after July 1, 2026. 42