---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Transparency and Accountability in Dental Services Act; create to require annual reporting."
description: "Creating Transparency and Accountability in Dental Services Act; create to require annual reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1117 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zuber"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa40a4db-6c2c-436b-85ff-9806881c16c6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(65th).xml"
source_hash: "643a397ba61e9b78d91bb09a9907cd0f9e1c151460a7097a67c261e24ab378ad"
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 1117 (2026) — Creating Transparency and Accountability in Dental Services Act; create to require annual reporting.

## 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/2026/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1117IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1117PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1117SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zuber — primary (person)
- Bell (65th) — cosponsor (person)
- Burch — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Horan — cosponsor (person)
- Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- McLean — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Remak — cosponsor (person)
- Shanks — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Varner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+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/fa40a4db-6c2c-436b-85ff-9806881c16c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).