diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1914e7ba0eb..1ff9c42a0a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Many OTLP Exporter options became gRPC ProtocolDriver options. (#1369)
 - Unify endpoint API that related to OTel exporter. (#1401)
 - Metric aggregator Count() and histogram Bucket.Counts are consistently `uint64`. (1430)
+- `SamplingResult` now passed a `Tracestate` from the parent `SpanContext` (#1432)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/sdk/trace/sampling.go b/sdk/trace/sampling.go
index e66dd65ec0c..c42465c41e8 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/sampling.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/sampling.go
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ const (
 	RecordAndSample
 )
 
-// SamplingResult conveys a SamplingDecision and a set of Attributes.
+// SamplingResult conveys a SamplingDecision, set of Attributes and a Tracestate.
 type SamplingResult struct {
 	Decision   SamplingDecision
 	Attributes []label.KeyValue
+	Tracestate trace.TraceState
 }
 
 type traceIDRatioSampler struct {
@@ -70,9 +71,15 @@ type traceIDRatioSampler struct {
 func (ts traceIDRatioSampler) ShouldSample(p SamplingParameters) SamplingResult {
 	x := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(p.TraceID[0:8]) >> 1
 	if x < ts.traceIDUpperBound {
-		return SamplingResult{Decision: RecordAndSample}
+		return SamplingResult{
+			Decision:   RecordAndSample,
+			Tracestate: p.ParentContext.TraceState,
+		}
+	}
+	return SamplingResult{
+		Decision:   Drop,
+		Tracestate: p.ParentContext.TraceState,
 	}
-	return SamplingResult{Decision: Drop}
 }
 
 func (ts traceIDRatioSampler) Description() string {
@@ -102,7 +109,10 @@ func TraceIDRatioBased(fraction float64) Sampler {
 type alwaysOnSampler struct{}
 
 func (as alwaysOnSampler) ShouldSample(p SamplingParameters) SamplingResult {
-	return SamplingResult{Decision: RecordAndSample}
+	return SamplingResult{
+		Decision:   RecordAndSample,
+		Tracestate: p.ParentContext.TraceState,
+	}
 }
 
 func (as alwaysOnSampler) Description() string {
@@ -120,7 +130,10 @@ func AlwaysSample() Sampler {
 type alwaysOffSampler struct{}
 
 func (as alwaysOffSampler) ShouldSample(p SamplingParameters) SamplingResult {
-	return SamplingResult{Decision: Drop}
+	return SamplingResult{
+		Decision:   Drop,
+		Tracestate: p.ParentContext.TraceState,
+	}
 }
 
 func (as alwaysOffSampler) Description() string {
diff --git a/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go b/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
index 6ae4afff390..c8cde14c72d 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
@@ -189,3 +190,47 @@ func TestTraceIdRatioSamplesInclusively(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTracestateIsPassed(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		sampler Sampler
+	}{
+		{
+			"notSampled",
+			NeverSample(),
+		},
+		{
+			"sampled",
+			AlwaysSample(),
+		},
+		{
+			"parentSampled",
+			ParentBased(AlwaysSample()),
+		},
+		{
+			"parentNotSampled",
+			ParentBased(NeverSample()),
+		},
+		{
+			"traceIDRatioSampler",
+			TraceIDRatioBased(.5),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			traceState, err := trace.TraceStateFromKeyValues(label.String("k", "v"))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+
+			parentCtx := trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceState: traceState,
+			}
+			params := SamplingParameters{ParentContext: parentCtx}
+
+			require.Equal(t, traceState, tc.sampler.ShouldSample(params).Tracestate, "TraceState is not equal")
+		})
+	}
+}