A bill is heading to the desk of Gov. Tate Reeves that would create two new state symbols in Mississippi. Senate Bill 2143 was originally written to designate the American Quarter Horse as the official state horse, but earlier this week, the House added an amendment to also designate the.
A bill is moving through the Mississippi legislature to create two more state symbols. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives amended and passed a Senate bill that would designate the American Quarter Horse as the state horse with the addition of the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle as the state sea.