---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disabled veteran with service-connected disability; clarify procedure for concealed weapons permit."
description: "Disabled veteran with service-connected disability; clarify procedure for concealed weapons permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2225"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2225 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Judiciary B", "Veterans and Military Affairs", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seymour"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca0f2ef-7fe0-497c-8bd7-7fc3fddbb66d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "8c494f3ef05425bd9e4b8791d33a56e18b3866b04dbd7f8e2eb4f7b33303627d"
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 2225 (2020) — Disabled veteran with service-connected disability; clarify procedure for concealed weapons permit.

## 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/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2225IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2225.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2225PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2225_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2225SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seymour — primary (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs;Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: VM To JB
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs;Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: MA To JB
- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: JB To MA
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/3ca0f2ef-7fe0-497c-8bd7-7fc3fddbb66d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).