---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial motor vehicles; authorize voluntary inspection program."
description: "Commercial motor vehicles; authorize voluntary inspection program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2517"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2517 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Transportation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb7a0548-e3c0-4a66-a2b6-1472f6cb13a9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "802b839e5336c2ee4b6f6f53e146643ff583f49c8aa8d5985a5e7e36105ab7a3"
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 2517 (2022) — Commercial motor vehicles; authorize voluntary inspection program.

## 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/SB2517IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2517.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2517PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2517_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2517CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2517SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **112–8** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **113–6** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Suber — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Branning,Sparks,McCaughn
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Busby,Massengill,Smith
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/cb7a0548-e3c0-4a66-a2b6-1472f6cb13a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).