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type: "Bill"
title: "Schools of practical nursing; transfer authority for accreditation of from MS Community College Board to MS Board of Nursing."
description: "Schools of practical nursing; transfer authority for accreditation of from MS Community College Board to MS Board of Nursing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 721"
citation: "Mississippi HB 721 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Universities and Colleges", "Public Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mettetal"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ad161de-0fc1-488d-acf6-2185a7c08168"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0721.xml"
source_hash: "23d81e334a96c970552e51576966c60bb68177ab8427328f7a54de8b6f13e718"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0721IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0721PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0721SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **500** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **1190** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ad161de-0fc1-488d-acf6-2185a7c08168`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).