Mississippi House Bill 431

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Passed on February 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-23 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 73-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Dental Hygienists Employed By The State Board Of Health Or Public School Boards Who Are Performing Oral Hygiene Instruction And Screening And Dental Hygienists Who Are Making Public Demonstrations Of Dental Hygiene For Educational Purposes To Perform Those Activities Under The General Supervision And Direction Of Regularly Licensed And Registered Dentists Without Having To Meet The Other Requirements And Conditions For Practice Under General Supervision; And For Related Purposes.

Dental hygienists; those employed by SDH or making educational demonstrations may practice under general supervision.

Rep. Kevin Felsher [R]

Rep. Rodney Hall [R]

2026-02-09 - House - House Concurred in Amend From Senate (Y: 120 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-04 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-21 - House - House Passed (Y: 120 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-23		Approved by Governor
2026-02-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-02-11	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-02-09	House	Concurred in Amend From Senate
2026-02-04	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2026-02-04	Senate	Immediate Release
2026-02-04	Senate	Passed As Amended
2026-02-04	Senate	Amended
2026-01-28	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2026-01-28	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare
2026-01-27	House	Transmitted To Senate
2026-01-21	House	Passed
2026-01-20	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2026-01-12	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
73	9	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0431.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0431IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0431PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0431SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/sam/HB0431_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0160004.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/senate/0300041.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0350009.pdf