SB 2005

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Tourism
By: Senator(s) Blackwell, Simmons (13th)
Senate Bill 2005
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 3-3-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972,
TO DESIGNATE AN OFFICIAL STATE TARTAN FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR
RELATED PURPOSES.
���� BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
���� SECTION 1.� The
following shall be codified as Section 3-3-79, Mississippi Code of 1972:
���� 3-3-79.� (1)�
There shall be an official state tartan for the state of Mississippi.� A tartan
is a plaid textile design consisting of stripes of varying width and color,
producing a repeating pattern.� This plaid is typically used in highland dress,
the most common of which is the Scottish Kilt.
���� (2)� The pattern, image
included, for the state tartan shall be defined by the repeating design (half-sett)
as follows:� twenty (20) Black, forty (40) Green, four (4) Blue, twenty (20)
Black, twenty (20) Green, eight (8) Red, twenty (20) Black, twenty (20) Green,
one (1) Yellow, one (1) Dark Gold, one (1) Yellow, one (1) Yellow, one (1) Dark
Gold, one (1) Yellow, four (4) White.
���� (3)� This pattern is
described in the standard Tartan thread count nomenclature, where each letter
designates a color and the number is the quantity of threads of that color in
the stripe as:� K20 G40 B4 K20 G20 R8 K20 G20 Y1 RY1 Y1 RY1 WW4.
���� (4)� The colors of the
tartan shall be:
��������� (a)� Black (K)
represented by Pantone 6-0000 TCX (Black), with the hexadecimal equivalent
#101010;
��������� (b)� Green (G)
represented by Pantone 19-6050 TCX (Forest Green), with the hexadecimal
equivalent #006818;
��������� (c)� Blue (B)
represented by Pantone 19-4057 TCX (Blue Sapphire), with the hexadecimal
equivalent #2C2C80;
��������� (d)� Red (R)
represented by Pantone 19-1664 TCX (Red), with the hexadecimal equivalent
#C80000;
��������� (e)� Yellow (Y)
represented by Pantone 14-0852 TCX (Spectra Yellow), with the hexadecimal
equivalent #E8C000;
��������� (f)� Dark Gold (RY)
represented by Pantone 15-0956 TCX (Golden Ochre), with the hexadecimal
equivalent #BC8C00; and
��������� (g)� White (WW)
represented by Pantone 11-0602 TCX (Snow White), with the hexadecimal
equivalent #F8F8F8.
���� (5)� This tartan shall be
known as the Mississippi Tartan and may be freely used by any and all
organizations, societies and individuals affiliated with the state of
Mississippi.
���� (6)� This tartan is at this
time listed in the United Kingdom's Scottish Registry of Tartans:� https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=2965.
���� SECTION 2.� This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.