---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optometry; Board shall define practice of, and authorize to perform certain procedures and use and prescribe certain drugs."
description: "Optometry; Board shall define practice of, and authorize to perform certain procedures and use and prescribe certain drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1302"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1302 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e00452-3427-4d5b-8333-bd626393435e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Stamps.xml"
source_hash: "adc1d308d614ea4575fbbc57b6a7ad9e6cfdc45128774c057c4d695cc03f55ca"
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 1302 (2021) — Optometry; Board shall define practice of, and authorize to perform certain procedures and use and prescribe certain drugs.

## 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/2021/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1302IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1302.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1302PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB1302_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1302CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1302SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **47–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **90–24** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **113–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/71e00452-3427-4d5b-8333-bd626393435e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).