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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact."
description: "Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2140"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2140 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Public Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/746b816c-46e2-4b88-a131-c0e7af321726"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "4f3d84a01d90e199b9316e6676cbbcfd5a6c574161e68e4bb924bc1abb62bdc9"
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 SB 2140 (2024) — Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
## 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/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2140IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2140_H_Amend_02.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2140.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2140PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2140SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **520** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michel — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Brumfield — cosponsor (person)
- Chassaniol — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Whaley — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Law W/out Governor's Signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/746b816c-46e2-4b88-a131-c0e7af321726`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).