Bill > HB436

This bill, by amending Section 63-3-501 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, increases the general speed limit on state highways from sixty-five (65) miles per hour to seventy (70) miles per hour. Additionally, it empowers the Mississippi Transportation Commission to raise the speed limit on the Interstate Highway System and on controlled access highways with four or more lanes to seventy-five (75) miles per hour, an increase from the previous limit of seventy (70) miles per hour. The bill also clarifies that entities operating toll roads may set a maximum speed limit of up to eighty (80) miles per hour on those roads. This legislation is set to take effect on July 1, 2026.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0436.xml