HB 342 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Memorial highways and bridges; designate various segments of public roadway as upon certain conditions.

HB 342 designates two specific segments of Mississippi highways as "Memorial Highways" in honor of Roger Campbell and Jakob Edward Kindt, following local resolutions requesting the names. The bill requires the Mississippi Department of Transportation to install and maintain signs along these designated roadways: Highway 370 in Itawamba County (from Lee-Itawamba County line to Houston-Palestine Road) and Highway 363 (from Centerville Road to Hall Road). This is a procedural naming measure with no policy changes or funding impacts.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Feb 13, 2026 Signed Apr 8, 2026

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As Passed the lower → Current version · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to remove a general provision allowing for multiple memorial highway designations and instead focuses exclusively on four specific individuals. This change narrows the bill's scope from a potential ongoing process for various memorials to a one-time designation for Roger Campbell, Jakob Edward Kindt, Bryan Andrew Zemek, Derek Joshua Abbott, and Robert Noah.

Scope change

The bill's scope was significantly narrowed from a general act allowing for various memorial highway designations to a specific act designating only four named highways.

SCOPE

Removed the general language allowing the legislature to designate various segments of the state roadway system as memorial highways for any individual with local support.

Added specific designations for four new memorial highways: two on Highway 370 and 363 in Itawamba County, one on U.S. Highway 45 in Prentiss County, and one on Highway 7 in Grenada County.

Reorganized the bill's structure to list the four specific highways in separate subsections rather than grouping them under a general authority clause.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2026 · House Feb 12, 2026

How they voted

52–0

Passed

Total votes 52

Mar 5, 2026

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican34

34 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

executive

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference Report Adopted

upper

Mar 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Report Adopted

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference Report Filed

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed As Amended

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

Feb 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

upper

Feb 16, 2026

Committee

Referred To Highways and Transportation

upper

Feb 13, 2026

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

lower

Jan 8, 2026

Committee

Referred To Transportation

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors