---
type: "Bill"
title: "CON: provide for direct appeals to Court of Appeals of Department of Health orders pertaining to."
description: "CON: provide for direct appeals to Court of Appeals of Department of Health orders pertaining to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "Mississippi HB 626 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0fe52db-20e9-48ef-b977-4f8d7d5d7ed3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "cbe06fcf054d290c52ea2ab66735bb9f140deb84017e868a09f4c75e06e8e3bc"
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 626 (2019) — CON: provide for direct appeals to Court of Appeals of Department of Health orders pertaining to.

## 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/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0626IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0626.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0626PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB0626_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0626SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **78–34** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
- **2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order - Well Taken
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+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/a0fe52db-20e9-48ef-b977-4f8d7d5d7ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).