---
type: "Bill"
title: "Universal Recognition of Occupational License Act; revise regarding practices of marriage and family therapy and psychology."
description: "Universal Recognition of Occupational License Act; revise regarding practices of marriage and family therapy and psychology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 479"
citation: "Mississippi HB 479 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yancey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f189508-b2da-469c-95d2-274a392fdbb9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Yancey.xml"
source_hash: "9503166e9f5ef57d1b2362e8f4e5855d28cf7e476b68efe4ce7e215b44b03634"
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 479 (2026) — Universal Recognition of Occupational License Act; revise regarding practices of marriage and family therapy and psychology.

## 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/0400-0499/HB0479IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB0479_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0479.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0479PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB0479_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0479SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yancey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+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/8f189508-b2da-469c-95d2-274a392fdbb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).