---
type: "Bill"
title: "Radar; authorize use by municipal law enforcement officers in certain municipalities."
description: "Radar; authorize use by municipal law enforcement officers in certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 454"
citation: "Mississippi HB 454 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Transportation", "Judiciary B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rushing"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47557427-add5-4f67-aff8-7ecfd83a3b1e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Rushing.xml"
source_hash: "695a537acb4786cdd0d4cb81cd8d01c3bcc667204daf35b6db9c09e01750fe83"
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 454 (2023) — Radar; authorize use by municipal law enforcement officers in certain municipalities.

## 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/0400-0499/HB0454IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0454PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0454SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **69–40** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rushing — primary (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+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/47557427-add5-4f67-aff8-7ecfd83a3b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).