republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2018/hb-988.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Marriage and family therapists and social workers; delete repealer on licensure laws.	Marriage and family therapists and social workers; delete repealer on licensure laws.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2018	HB 988	Mississippi HB 988 (2018)	bill	Public Health and Human Services Public Health and Welfare	enacted	White	3	11	2	2018-01-12T06:00:00+00:00	2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/87488ea8-bf3c-4ce4-b402-70036396f73f	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0988.xml	aff9df5b90cd60f9d075efaeb388999451e77db735a6d2dcf491854ac40577b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 988 (2018) — Marriage and family therapists and social workers; delete repealer on licensure laws.

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 — 110–9 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 50–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-12T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 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 Public Health and Welfare referral-committee
• 2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87488ea8-bf3c-4ce4-b402-70036396f73f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).