---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Drugs Consumer Affordable Alternative Payment Options Act; create."
description: "Prescription Drugs Consumer Affordable Alternative Payment Options Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 709"
citation: "Mississippi HB 709 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mims"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/081b5c00-4be2-461f-950c-2ddce5e909e0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0709.xml"
source_hash: "9ce07367777c6ee9df30ea136dd35f5a246de90c6c36c08af2d4fe73f19006c6"
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 HB 709 (2018) — Prescription Drugs Consumer Affordable Alternative Payment Options Act; create.

## 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/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0709IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0709PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0709CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0709SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mims — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bain — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs_(72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Mettetal — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+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/081b5c00-4be2-461f-950c-2ddce5e909e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).