---
type: "Bill"
title: "Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal streets."
description: "Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal streets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2605"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2605 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db40167c-2d14-4684-b1bc-5dc55f001c9f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "fb613b012f7a8625ceb2f5eba3687f2364c5a4facea15dcb5ff0ed2eba9c311b"
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 2605 (2021) — Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal 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/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2605IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2605PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2605SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/db40167c-2d14-4684-b1bc-5dc55f001c9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).