---
type: "Bill"
title: "Venue for actions against members of the Mississippi National Guard; brought in state military court, create Veterans Honor Program."
description: "Venue for actions against members of the Mississippi National Guard; brought in state military court, create Veterans Honor Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2821"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2821 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Judiciary A", "Veterans and Military Affairs", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seymour"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7865c525-22a7-4003-acab-fb4e059b7fe6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/Seymour.xml"
source_hash: "a9fbe80f5ed678a539554a775e0f8dbdffbd3da7d658b32d93a7056b7eae4467"
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 2821 (2020) — Venue for actions against members of the Mississippi National Guard; brought in state military court, create Veterans Honor Program.

## 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/2800-2899/SB2821IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2821.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2821PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2821_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2821SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **116–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seymour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs;Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: VM To JA
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs;Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: MA To JA
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: JA 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** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Seymour,DeBar,Doty
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carpenter,Hopkins,Byrd
- **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
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+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/7865c525-22a7-4003-acab-fb4e059b7fe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).