---
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).