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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Farmington; authorize the use of low-speed vehicles and golf carts on certain public streets with certain restrictions."
+description: "City of Farmington; authorize the use of low-speed vehicles and golf carts on certain public streets with certain restrictions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1697"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1697 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad3071a9-748d-44f7-aa9f-bf542ab78119"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
+source_hash: "d3297db46d8fa2705d3ac22e154d836ea0c445e46baf836de8dd3c23971c8596"
+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 HB 1697 (2023) — City of Farmington; authorize the use of low-speed vehicles and golf carts on certain public streets with certain restrictions.
+
+## 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/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1697IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1697.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1697PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1697_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1697SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **110–5** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **115–3** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **45–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bain — primary (person)
+- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
+- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
+- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/ad3071a9-748d-44f7-aa9f-bf542ab78119`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+