---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonemergency medical transportation providers; require permit and set certain standards related to such service."
description: "Nonemergency medical transportation providers; require permit and set certain standards related to such service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2739"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2739 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/545e4c5e-0fc8-472c-a7c4-26b7e8e5232f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Blackwell.xml"
source_hash: "14d0c4f32dbe8e81354cc1e9acd4280e5e3af0e48aecc190183d42d7e93c2007"
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 2739 (2022) — Nonemergency medical transportation providers; require permit and set certain standards related to such service.

## 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/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2739IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2739** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2739.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2739PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2739_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2739SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **112–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **114–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parker — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Medicaid `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Medicaid `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Blackwell,Parker,Blount
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hood,Deweese,McGee
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/545e4c5e-0fc8-472c-a7c4-26b7e8e5232f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).