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---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Plan; delete prohibition on covering hearing aids."
description: "State Health Plan; delete prohibition on covering hearing aids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Mississippi HB 155 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massengill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cecfbc68-c805-4235-918c-41b9f466d755"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Byrd.xml"
source_hash: "0cd0c8617ad2330da19501ae0fb55a8e25b4f63d3c991851fe0ee11fcbf2ceb1"
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 155 (2022) — State Health Plan; delete prohibition on covering hearing aids.
## 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/2022/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0155IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0155.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0155PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB0155_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0155CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0155SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **520** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **520** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **1173** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Massengill — primary (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Ford (54th),Bell (65th)
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Michel,Boyd,Frazier
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-13T05:00:00+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/cecfbc68-c805-4235-918c-41b9f466d755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).