HB 953 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Harvest permits; extend repealer on provisions establishing maximum weight and approved routes of vehicles.

HB 953 extends the expiration date for Mississippi's weight and route approval rules that apply to harvest permit holders. These rules currently limit vehicle weights (up to 88,000 pounds for permitted vehicles) and require pre-approval for routes when transporting agricultural products like wood, sand, gravel, and crops. The bill prevents these specific regulations from automatically ending on their scheduled date, maintaining existing allowances for haulers. It directly affects commercial transporters with harvest permits who move qualifying materials within 100 miles of their origin.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Signed Apr 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Passed the lower Current version · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill updates Mississippi's weight laws for commercial vehicles, primarily correcting formatting inconsistencies in section references (changing em-dashes to hyphens) and reformatting the effective date notice. The substantive policy content regarding weight limits, axle configurations, and harvest permit provisions remains unchanged from the House version.
TECHNICAL

Updated section reference formatting from em-dashes (63-5-33) to standard hyphens (63-5-33) throughout the document for consistency.

Reformatted the Federal Weight Law formula text by adding line breaks for readability without changing the mathematical content.

Changed the bill title from 'As Passed the House' to 'As Sent to Governor' to reflect its current legislative status.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2025 · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

510
Passed
Total votes 51
Mar 5, 2025
D Democratic16
16 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican35
35 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
executive
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference Report Adopted
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference Report Adopted
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference Report Filed
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed As Amended
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Transportation
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Fred Shanks
Fred Shanks
RRepublican
MS
60