---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act; amend to include certain provisions for certified veterinary technicians."
description: "Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act; amend to include certain provisions for certified veterinary technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 514"
citation: "Mississippi HB 514 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creekmore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d901f5-529a-4234-aa7d-a717d4236afa"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Creekmore_IV.xml"
source_hash: "776746616b73f4a96e8da152ea8d13ce45b6d729ab034dad4ae8baece7524732"
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 514 (2026) — Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act; amend to include certain provisions for certified veterinary technicians.

## 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/0500-0599/HB0514IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0514PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0514CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0514SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creekmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **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/71d901f5-529a-4234-aa7d-a717d4236afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).