---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing home administrators; delete repealer on licensure requirements for and authorize board to conduct background checks."
description: "Nursing home administrators; delete repealer on licensure requirements for and authorize board to conduct background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Mississippi HB 95 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1287563d-bd9b-4bda-9353-4c490b1205df"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Turner.xml"
source_hash: "f32c0293691b8f088b39d2ab757d713c466e6c653b71118c296163ec3a61777c"
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 95 (2021) — Nursing home administrators; delete repealer on licensure requirements for and authorize board to conduct background checks.

## 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/0001-0099/HB0095IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0095_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0095_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0095.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0095PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0095_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0095CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0095SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **112–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **112–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **46–5** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `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`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Mims,McGee,Currie
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Parks,Frazier
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Law W/out Governor's Signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1287563d-bd9b-4bda-9353-4c490b1205df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).