---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions."
description: "Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1062"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1062 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felsher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c736722-7ac2-43fe-a636-7c4042e13aa6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml"
source_hash: "7c116a14873ffdbdddf561227de46d7cb902e4d1b2fc2779ee63c8f102072408"
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 1062 (2025) — Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions.

## 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/2025/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1062IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1062** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1062.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1062PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/HB1062_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1062SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **106–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **37–14** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Felsher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Creekmore IV, Felsher)
- **2025-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2025-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Creekmore IV,Felsher,Waldo
- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Blount,Johnson
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Creekmore IV, Felsher)
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+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/9c736722-7ac2-43fe-a636-7c4042e13aa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).