---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate American Quarter Horse as the Official State Horse and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle as Official Sea Turtle of Mississippi."
description: "Designate American Quarter Horse as the Official State Horse and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle as Official Sea Turtle of Mississippi."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2142"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2142 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Affairs", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5289a81f-d52b-4e27-823e-55df076ac75f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Berry.xml"
source_hash: "f1154c3362a06650751a222f8d5c6b742103713185068122c17accaeedbb7d09"
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 2142 (2024) — Designate American Quarter Horse as the Official State Horse and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle as Official Sea Turtle of Mississippi.

## 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/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2142IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2142.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2142PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2142_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2142SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickman — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Whaley — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+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/5289a81f-d52b-4e27-823e-55df076ac75f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).