republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-431.md

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Bill	Dental hygienists; those employed by SDH or making educational demonstrations may practice under general supervision.	Dental hygienists; those employed by SDH or making educational demonstrations may practice under general supervision.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 431	Mississippi HB 431 (2026)	bill	Public Health and Human Services Public Health and Welfare	enacted	Felsher	5	14	3	2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00	2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7d8de5e5-7b8d-4ab4-9cea-644a5b6b899b	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml	b878852f8334b2f9a745d9b488cec70b0f641516702879902964adb8ff59a11e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 431 (2026) — Dental hygienists; those employed by SDH or making educational demonstrations may practice under general supervision.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 431 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 120–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 120–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Felsher — primary (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Health and Welfare referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d8de5e5-7b8d-4ab4-9cea-644a5b6b899b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).