---
type: "Bill"
title: "Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for various purposes."
description: "Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for various purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2288"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2288 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31226038-2a0a-41f1-b878-5769e4103f29"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(11th).xml"
source_hash: "037606d295af869908beb47d1ac0e8b0ef5c3dfba9cc181646f259e5b4195251"
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 2288 (2020) — Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for various purposes.

## 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/SB2288IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/SB2288_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2288.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2288PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2288_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2288SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harkins — primary (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Fillingane,Thomas
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Massengill
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-08T05:00:00+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/31226038-2a0a-41f1-b878-5769e4103f29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).