---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governmental entities; may not prohibit wearing of traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at public events."
description: "Governmental entities; may not prohibit wearing of traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at public events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2595"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2595 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Branning"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cb50750-eba7-46c5-b35a-5c4ed78abaf3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(11th).xml"
source_hash: "04f090e2c717c470a5528a8187cc8f0c71ce61a7481c715ffc90a3078f4a4e90"
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 2595 (2020) — Governmental entities; may not prohibit wearing of traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at public events.

## 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/2500-2599/SB2595IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2595PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2595SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **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/4cb50750-eba7-46c5-b35a-5c4ed78abaf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).