---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporary license for social workers; authorize to practice in nonprofit facilities."
description: "Temporary license for social workers; authorize to practice in nonprofit facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2420"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2420 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4722b2a1-2e34-4e8b-b898-814375f5c1b2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Wiggins.xml"
source_hash: "bf27256125912ca6505618a5e477dc2719f8ceec701619435a13359340341a01"
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 2420 (2021) — Temporary license for social workers; authorize to practice in nonprofit facilities.

## 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/SB/2400-2499/SB2420IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2420.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2420PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2420_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2420SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **111–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+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/4722b2a1-2e34-4e8b-b898-814375f5c1b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).