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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicle loads; clarify provisions regarding illumination of loads extending beyond rear of vehicle."
+description: "Motor vehicle loads; clarify provisions regarding illumination of loads extending beyond rear of vehicle."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2519"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2519 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Forestry", "Highways and Transportation", "Transportation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5100c1a-8a2e-44bb-adb2-c1ecd35c8c5c"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
+source_hash: "84be9d2a5dcc66157cb717e4c4e8c46ab595d825181e6c44a5f2ae4ffc616d5e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi SB 2519 (2022) — Motor vehicle loads; clarify provisions regarding illumination of loads extending beyond rear of vehicle.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2519IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2519.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2519PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2519_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2519CS.htm)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2519SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **107–3** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sparks — primary (person)
+- Branning — cosponsor (person)
+- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
+- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
+- Parks — cosponsor (person)
+- Suber — cosponsor (person)
+- Tate — cosponsor (person)
+- Whaley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry;Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: FO To HI
+- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named McCaughn,Sparks,Hickman
+- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Busby,Massengill,Smith
+- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5100c1a-8a2e-44bb-adb2-c1ecd35c8c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+