---
type: "Bill"
title: "Platoon; define and exempt certain operators in from traveling distance requirements."
description: "Platoon; define and exempt certain operators in from traveling distance requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1343 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation", "Highways and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Busby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aadc13a8-0cd5-4c2b-bdb3-511a5d46a0b3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1343.xml"
source_hash: "7837389981889bb749408273c94b552d7f444faae0ccf8df16d3c0504af18074"
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 1343 (2018) — Platoon; define and exempt certain operators in from traveling distance requirements.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1343IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1343PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1343SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **118–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **117–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Busby — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Busby,Wilson,Burnett
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Simmons (13th),Michel,Moran
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-12T05:00:00+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/aadc13a8-0cd5-4c2b-bdb3-511a5d46a0b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).