diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager_proc/lambdas/bssh_event.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager_proc/lambdas/bssh_event.py
index f365f0998..7c7ae2497 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager_proc/lambdas/bssh_event.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager_proc/lambdas/bssh_event.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     SequenceRule,
     SequenceRuleError,
 )
-from sequence_run_manager_proc.services import sequence_srv
+from sequence_run_manager_proc.services import sequence_srv, sequence_state_srv
 
 from libumccr import libjson
 from libumccr.aws import libeb
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def event_handler(event, context):
     if sequence_domain.state_has_changed:
         try:
             SequenceRule(sequence_domain.sequence).must_not_emergency_stop()
+            sequence_state_srv.create_sequence_state_from_bssh_event(event_details)
             entry = sequence_domain.to_put_events_request_entry(
                     event_bus_name=event_bus_name,
             )
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ def event_handler(event, context):
             reason = f"Aborted pipeline due to {se}"
             logger.warning(reason)
 
-    # Dispatch all event entries in one-go! libeb will take care of batching them up for efficiency.
+    # Dispatch event entry using libeb.
     if entry:
         libeb.emit_event(entry)
 
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager_proc/services/sequence_state_srv.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager_proc/services/sequence_state_srv.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c70c11020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager_proc/services/sequence_state_srv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import logging
+
+from django.db import transaction
+from django.db.models import QuerySet
+
+from sequence_run_manager.models.sequence import Sequence
+from sequence_run_manager.models.state import State
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+@transaction.atomic
+def create_sequence_state_from_bssh_event(payload: dict) -> None:
+    """
+    Create SequenceState record from BSSH Run event payload
+    
+    {
+        "dateModified": "2022-06-24T05:07:53.476767Z",
+        "instrumentRunId": "200508_A01052_0001_BH5LY7ACGT",
+        "status": "PendingAnalysis"
+        ...
+    }
+    """
+    status = payload["status"]
+    timestamp = payload["dateModified"]
+    
+    # get sequence by instrument_run_id
+    instrument_run_id = payload["instrumentRunId"]
+    sequence = Sequence.objects.get(instrument_run_id=instrument_run_id)
+    
+    # comment for any future usage, None by default
+    comment = None
+    
+    State.objects.create(status=status, timestamp=timestamp, sequence=sequence, comment=comment)
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