---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure and temporary practice permits for certain military applicants."
description: "Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure and temporary practice permits for certain military applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2117"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2117 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Younger"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/708d888d-af2f-4821-a5a1-639936a6d77e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Hill.xml"
source_hash: "8532685e9e2407630135d4a4d26bf49b361f74a0eccbc3e4a816aab14b13f55a"
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 2117 (2020) — Occupational licensing boards; require prompt licensure and temporary practice permits for certain military 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/2020/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2117IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2117_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2117.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2117PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2117_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2117CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2117SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Younger — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2020-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/708d888d-af2f-4821-a5a1-639936a6d77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).