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Mississippi Prohibits Counties and Municipalities from Using Automated Cameras to Enforce Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance

Original title: Counties and municipalities; prohibit use of automated recording equipment to track motor vehicle liability insurance.

Last action · February 3, 2026: 02/03 (S) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Mike Seymour

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What This Bill Proposed

Senate Bill 2330 prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing ordinances that use automated recording equipment to check for motor vehicle liability insurance or collect related fines, requiring the removal of such systems by October 1, 2025.

Why it matters

Local governments lose the authority to deploy automated camera systems for insurance compliance checks, ending fine collections tied to those specific automated enforcement programs across affected counties and municipalities.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

county boards of supervisors

County boards of supervisors are prohibited from enacting or enforcing ordinances authorizing automated equipment for insurance compliance and must remove existing systems by October 1, 2025.

Directly affected

municipal governing authorities

Municipal governing authorities are barred from using automated recording systems to check motor vehicle liability insurance or collect related fines.

Directly affected

motor vehicle operators

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can local governments in Mississippi use traffic cameras to check for car insurance?
No. Senate Bill 2330 prohibits counties and municipalities from enacting or enforcing ordinances that authorize automated recording equipment to check for motor vehicle liability insurance or collect fines for insurance violations.
When do local governments have to take down these camera systems?
Any county or municipality using automated recording equipment for insurance compliance must remove the systems before October 1, 2025.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died in committee.

Procedural history

2 actions
  1. Feb 3, 2026Senate
    02/03 (S) Died In Committee
  2. Jan 19, 2026SenateCommittee
    01/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B

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Full breakdown

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Sponsors

Connected Entities

Section 17-25-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, Mike Seymour
otherSection 17-25-19, Mississippi Code of 1972“Statute amended by the bill”Map →
PersonMike Seymour“State Senator sponsoring Senate Bill 2330”Map →

Sources

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billstatus.ls.state.ms.us

Analysis Score

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  • Controversy45
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