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Read. Follow. Verify.Mississippi requires police pursuit policies and authorizes financial penalties for noncompliant local agencies
Last action · February 3, 2026: 02/03 (S) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Sollie Norwood
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What This Bill Proposed
County sheriff departments and municipal police departments are required to develop and implement a written emergency vehicle response policy governing motor vehicle pursuits by December 31, 2025. Agencies that fail to adopt the required policy are ineligible for and face a ten percent withholding of state tax allocations and payments by the Department of Revenue.
Local governments risk losing ten percent of specific state shared revenues—such as gasoline taxes and municipal sales tax allocations—if their law enforcement agencies fail to establish compliant pursuit guidelines by the statutory deadline.
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.
County sheriff departments
County sheriff departments must adopt and implement a written motor vehicle pursuit policy meeting statutory criteria by December 31, 2025, file copies with the Department of Public Safety, and adhere to interjurisdictional rules or face funding withholding.
Municipal police departments
Municipal police departments must develop and implement a written emergency vehicle response policy by December 31, 2025, and comply with restrictions on pursuit initiation and interjurisdictional coordination.
Counties and municipalities
Boards of supervisors and municipal governing authorities are subject to a ten percent withholding of state-allocated payments and tax distributions if their local law enforcement agencies fail to adopt the mandated pursuit policy.
Office of Standards and Training of the Department of Public Safety
The office is charged with examining local records annually, determining compliance, issuing notices of noncompliance, and notifying the Department of Revenue and Attorney General.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a local law enforcement agency does not adopt a vehicle pursuit policy?
What criminal offenses allow a police officer to initiate a vehicle pursuit under the proposed rules?
Can a police pursuit cross municipal or county boundaries?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 3, 2026Senate02/03 (S) Died In Committee
- Jan 19, 2026SenateCommittee01/19 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
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Enforcement of Local Police Policies via Revenue Withholding
The legislation utilizes existing municipal and county state-shared tax allocations (such as gasoline and sales tax distributions) as financial leverage to enforce compliance with standardized law enforcement policies.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment15Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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