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type: "Bill"
title: "Dental hygienists; those employed by SDH or making educational demonstrations may practice under general supervision."
description: "Dental hygienists; those employed by SDH or making educational demonstrations may practice under general supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "Mississippi HB 431 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felsher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d8de5e5-7b8d-4ab4-9cea-644a5b6b899b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml"
source_hash: "b878852f8334b2f9a745d9b488cec70b0f641516702879902964adb8ff59a11e"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0431IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 431** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0431.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0431PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB0431_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0431SG.htm)
## Votes
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **1200** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **1200** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **520** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d8de5e5-7b8d-4ab4-9cea-644a5b6b899b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).