Mississippi House Bill 676

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: Failed on February 3 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Reenact Section 63-16-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Was Repealed By Section 4, Chapter 447, Laws Of 2015, Which Requires Every Owner Of A Motor Vehicle To Comply With The Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Coverage Requirements When Registering Or Renewing A Registration Of A Motor Vehicle; To Amend Reenacted Section 63-16-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change References To The Department Of Revenue, In Regard To Maintaining The Motor Vehicle Insurance Verification System, To The Department Of Public Safety; To Amend Section 63-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Allow Tax Assessors To Access The Verification System; To Bring Forward Section 63-16-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Proof of motor vehicle insurance; require when registering or renewing the registration of a motor vehicle.

Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]	Rep. Robert Sanders [D]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Jim Estrada [R]
Rep. Jimmy Fondren [R]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Kenji Holloway [D]	Rep. Hester Jackson-McCray [D]
Rep. Gene Newman [R]	Rep. Solomon Osborne [D]	Rep. Cheikh Taylor [D]	Rep. Rickey Thompson [D]
Rep. Otha Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2026-01-14	House	Referred To Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	16	3	New Code	See Bill Text
63	16	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	16	9	Repealed Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0676.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0676IN.htm