---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran Driver's License Designation; allow proof of military service in person."
description: "Veteran Driver's License Designation; allow proof of military service in person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2294"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Military Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seymour"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2e15b20-ac9f-428a-92b6-f113ada1ba98"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "372c56c41ca8d9ee4025873c8533cc0ef4b4c3c5908772b288a162e2f27979e7"
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 2294 (2021) — Veteran Driver's License Designation; allow proof of military service in person.

## 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/2200-2299/SB2294IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2294_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2294.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2294PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2294SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **119–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seymour — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs;Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: VM To FI
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Seymour,DeBar,Chassaniol
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carpenter,Goodin,Huddleston
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-05T05:00:00+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/f2e15b20-ac9f-428a-92b6-f113ada1ba98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).