---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure for certain military spouse applicants."
description: "Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure for certain military spouse applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2452"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2452 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc9f908-fdc4-40d5-943a-57e65c4857ba"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Massey.xml"
source_hash: "6d4aaf21c5905e88253dc996bed036fbecd9406453d847a828648aa9d4dca91c"
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 SB 2452 (2019) — Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure for certain military spouse applicants.

## 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/SB/2400-2499/SB2452IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2452_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2452.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2452PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2452SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parker — primary (person)
- Massey — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+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/2dc9f908-fdc4-40d5-943a-57e65c4857ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).