---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription drugs; prohibit discriminating actions against 340B drug discount program entities."
description: "Prescription drugs; prohibit discriminating actions against 340B drug discount program entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 728"
citation: "Mississippi HB 728 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Policy", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feea9c5d-a0d4-47ad-9227-a918966bcdd9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Barton.xml"
source_hash: "2180b111231d50c89bb9d0c290235c2f478cf8f67427f6fc34e377b6219a5ec4"
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 728 (2024) — Prescription drugs; prohibit discriminating actions against 340B drug discount program entities.

## 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/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0728IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0728PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0728SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **83–31** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **49–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Withdrawn
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+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/feea9c5d-a0d4-47ad-9227-a918966bcdd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).