Mississippi House Bill 925

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Passed on April 8 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-08 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The Creating Logic For Efficiency And Accountability Reform (clear) Act; To Create New Section 5-3-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Peer Committee To Establish A Program Of Reviewing Selected Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules; To Provide That Such Reviews Shall Produce A Report To The Legislature On Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 565, 2026 Regular Session, To Provide That The Peer Committee Shall Conduct A Performance Evaluation Of The Medicaid Nonemergency Transportation Program Once Every Three Years To Evaluate The Administration Of The Program And The Providers Of Transportation Services To Determine The Most Cost-effective Ways Of Providing Nonemergency Transportation Services To The Patients Served Under The Program; To Create The State Board Of Health Professions; To Provide That The Members Of The Board Shall Be One Member From The Boards Of Medical Licensure, Pharmacy, Nursing, Chiropractic Examiners, Dental Examiners And Optometry, And Five Additional Members; To Provide That The Board Shall Evaluate The Need For Coordination Among The Health Regulatory Boards And Their Staffs, Evaluate All Health Care Professions And Occupations In The State And Consider Whether Each Such Profession Or Occupation Should Be Regulated And The Degree Of Regulation To Be Imposed, Serve As A Forum For Resolving Conflicts Among The Health Regulatory Boards, Advise The Governor And The Legislature On Matters Relating To The Regulation Or Deregulation Of Health Care Professions And Occupations, And Examine Scope Of Practice Conflicts Involving Regulated And Unregulated Health Care Professions And Occupations And Advise The Health Regulatory Boards And The Legislature Of The Nature And Degree Of Such Conflicts; To Provide That The State Department Of Health Shall Annually Request A Budget For The State Board Of Health Professions And Shall Provide A Meeting Space And Administrative Support For The Board's Operations; To Amend Section 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That All Program Withholdings From Participants Of The Prison Industries Corporation's Work Initiative Program Shall Be Calculated Based Upon Participant Wages After Mandatory Deductions; To Require Accounting Of Any Dependent Support Payments, Fines, Restitutions, Fees Or Costs, As Ordered By The Court, Be Reported For Each Work Initiative Participant; To Require That The Remaining Sentence Length Of Such Participant Be Collected, Maintained And Reported; To Require That A Financial Account Creation Date Be Collected, Maintained And Reported For Each Participant; And For Related Purposes.

Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability Reform (CLEAR) Act; create.

Rep. Kevin Felsher [R]

Rep. Kevin Ford [R]

2026-04-01 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-31 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 116 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-10 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 50 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-05 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 119 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-08		Approved by Governor
2026-04-06	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-04-06	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-04-01	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2026-03-31	House	Conference Report Adopted
2026-03-30	House	Conference Report Filed
2026-03-30	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2026-03-24	Senate	Conferees Named Thompson,McMahan,Blount
2026-03-23	House	Conferees Named Ford (54th),Porter,Mansell
2026-03-18	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2026-03-11	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2026-03-10	Senate	Passed As Amended
2026-03-10	Senate	Amended
2026-03-03	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2026-02-16	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2026-02-06	House	Transmitted To Senate
2026-02-05	House	Passed As Amended
2026-02-05	House	Amended
2026-01-22	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2026-01-16	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	13	117	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	5	579	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0925.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0925IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0925PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0925SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/HB0925_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/HB0925_H_Amend_02.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/sam/HB0925_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Supplement	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/cr/HB0925CR.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0310028.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/senate/0640027.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0850005.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/senate/0860014.pdf