---
type: "Bill"
title: "State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to \"Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park.\""
description: "State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to \"Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2075"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2075 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property", "Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d8e56fc-5fe9-4da0-81f1-5ba41cace97e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "4b5cd2fedc2d95ded3d8b38162c7f728e27633380a3278cdf261797083342bca"
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 2075 (2021) — State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."

## 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/2021/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2075IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2075PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2075SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **114–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parker — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Chassaniol — cosponsor (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hopson — cosponsor (person)
- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Michel — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/4d8e56fc-5fe9-4da0-81f1-5ba41cace97e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).