---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pilot freestanding emergency room; require the Department of Health to issue not more than five licenses."
description: "Pilot freestanding emergency room; require the Department of Health to issue not more than five licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2735"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2735 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suber"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd478e83-fcee-465c-aee3-7a158615818e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(11th).xml"
source_hash: "a89e6b7e35c2ddb2deca24f340b2335bef08ba3d0c246915397217e1287b8d6e"
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 2735 (2022) — Pilot freestanding emergency room; require the Department of Health to issue not more than five licenses.

## 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/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2735IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/SB2735_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2735** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2735.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2735PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2735_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2735SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **116–4** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **117–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Suber — primary (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PH To AP
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Suber,Blount
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Mims,McGee,Lancaster
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/cd478e83-fcee-465c-aee3-7a158615818e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).