---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license requirements; exempt military members, spouses and dependent children under certain conditions."
description: "Driver's license requirements; exempt military members, spouses and dependent children under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2785"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2785 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Transportation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Younger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e28849-7361-4084-971e-5ac8352a9f8d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "f448789e37bfe2969593e776bc66b0685398e2a118f86613d1da53729d1a9d66"
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 2785 (2021) — Driver's license requirements; exempt military members, spouses and dependent children under certain conditions.

## 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/2700-2799/SB2785IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/SB2785_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2785PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2785SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Younger — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Busby, Massengill)
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+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/47e28849-7361-4084-971e-5ac8352a9f8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).