---
type: "Bill"
title: "MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on."
description: "MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 688"
citation: "Mississippi HB 688 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c957c1d-5d66-44e8-b538-cc98125edcb5"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Turner.xml"
source_hash: "54f1fee95780b12ae0f238a60f3d5851c531db82d9f2e884c76a5a524099b2ee"
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 688 (2020) — MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on.

## 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/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0688IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB0688_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0688.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0688PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0688SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+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/1c957c1d-5d66-44e8-b538-cc98125edcb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).