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type: "Bill"
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title: "Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries."
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description: "Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
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legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 2296"
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citation: "Mississippi SB 2296 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kirby"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f87aa2f6-e472-4550-9d01-90aa862711aa"
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source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2296.xml"
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source_hash: "7dd221d2fb6ab1f1c067e13613d2811b6eec7d345721125f2f45e65d11a99c04"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
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---
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# Mississippi SB 2296 (2018) — Group health insurance plan coverage for prescription drugs; authorize medication synchronization for beneficiaries.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2296IN.htm)
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2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2296PS.htm)
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3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2296CS.htm)
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4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2296SG.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **118–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Kirby — primary (person)
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- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
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- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
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- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Branning — cosponsor (person)
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- Browning — cosponsor (person)
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- Burton — cosponsor (person)
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- Carmichael — cosponsor (person)
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- Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
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- Dearing — cosponsor (person)
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- Doty — cosponsor (person)
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- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
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- Gollott — cosponsor (person)
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- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackson_(32nd) — cosponsor (person)
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- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
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- McDaniel — cosponsor (person)
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- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
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- Moran — cosponsor (person)
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- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Parks — cosponsor (person)
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- Polk — cosponsor (person)
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- Seymour — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons_(12th) — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons_(13th) — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)
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- Watson — cosponsor (person)
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- Witherspoon — cosponsor (person)
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- Younger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
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- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
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- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
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- **2018-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
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- **2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
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- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
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- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
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- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Wooten, Chism, Touchstone)
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- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
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- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
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- **2018-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f87aa2f6-e472-4550-9d01-90aa862711aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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