---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Moss Point; authorize use of golf carts and/or low-speed vehicles on certain public roads and streets."
description: "City of Moss Point; authorize use of golf carts and/or low-speed vehicles on certain public roads and streets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1740"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1740 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/000b1404-4fa2-4977-95c4-417e299b165d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Anderson.xml"
source_hash: "c6ef7d6e1f683d19e02eb19a180536bea23d5729af151fab3a28d92796b80733"
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 1740 (2019) — City of Moss Point; authorize use of golf carts and/or low-speed vehicles on certain public roads and streets.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1740IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1740PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1740SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Barton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+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/000b1404-4fa2-4977-95c4-417e299b165d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).