---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Physicians Scholarship Program and Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; revise certain provisions of."
description: "Rural Physicians Scholarship Program and Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; revise certain provisions of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2729"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2729 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56cfa42b-a1f5-452c-b542-41117ad06bcb"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "a63006f0a0868bd438493d1709a6e995276a8ed394e76476ac880c0c9be1d526"
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 2729 (2024) — Rural Physicians Scholarship Program and Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; revise certain provisions of.

## 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/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2729IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2729_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/SB2729_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2729.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2729PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2729_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2729CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2729SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: UC To AP
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: AP To UC
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: UC To AP
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To UC
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Boyd,Williams,Hopson
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Scoggin,Holloway (76th),Calvert
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-08T05:00:00+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/56cfa42b-a1f5-452c-b542-41117ad06bcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).