republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2018/hb-721.md

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Bill	Schools of practical nursing; transfer authority for accreditation of from MS Community College Board to MS Board of Nursing.	Schools of practical nursing; transfer authority for accreditation of from MS Community College Board to MS Board of Nursing.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2018	HB 721	Mississippi HB 721 (2018)	bill	Universities and Colleges Public Health and Human Services	enacted	Mettetal	3	13	2	2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00	2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2ad161de-0fc1-488d-acf6-2185a7c08168	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0721.xml	23d81e334a96c970552e51576966c60bb68177ab8427328f7a54de8b6f13e718	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 721 (2018) — Schools of practical nursing; transfer authority for accreditation of from MS Community College Board to MS Board of Nursing.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 50–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 119–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mettetal — primary (person)
• Gibbs_(72nd) — cosponsor (person)
• Holloway — cosponsor (person)
• Sykes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Universities and Colleges;Public Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2018-01-17T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: UC To PH
• 2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: PH To UC
• 2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Universities and Colleges referral-committee
• 2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ad161de-0fc1-488d-acf6-2185a7c08168. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).