---
type: "Bill"
title: "Association Self-Funded Health Benefit Plan Act; enact."
description: "Association Self-Funded Health Benefit Plan Act; enact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2704"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2704 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d3f5787-a323-45f0-8573-aa6a7b442fbc"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Barrett.xml"
source_hash: "20af89c902a5a5c504d34dedd60ac8ecf9ebbced0439b5d7267cbe84a4cd9d53"
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 2704 (2026) — Association Self-Funded Health Benefit Plan Act; enact.

## 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/SB/2700-2799/SB2704IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2704PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2704SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michel — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
- Hopson — cosponsor (person)
- Suber — cosponsor (person)
- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: IN To AC
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AC To IN
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+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/3d3f5787-a323-45f0-8573-aa6a7b442fbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).