Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 1203
Optometry; State Board of Optometry shall define the practice of and not exclude certain procedures.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-19-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY SHALL DEFINE THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY; TO PROHIBIT THE BOARD, IN DEFINING THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY, FROM INCLUDING CERTAIN OPHTHALMIC SURGERY PROCEDURES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE HOURS OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR ANY NEW PROCEDURE OFFERED BY OPTOMETRISTS IN MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
30 co-sponsors
Shane Aguirre, C. Scott Bounds, Gary Chism, Angela Cockerham, Sam Creekmore IV, Kevin Ford, Kevin Horan, Abe Hudson, John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III, Troy Smith, Jerry R. Turner, Price Wallace, Jansen Owen, Dale Goodin, Jarvis Dortch, Rickey Thompson, Oscar Denton, Kabir Karriem, Cheikh Taylor, Otis Anthony, Joel Bomgar, Jeff Hale, Donnie Scoggin, Ronnie C. Crudup, Orlando Paden, Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, Tracey T. Rosebud, Robert L. Johnson III, Hester Jackson McCray, Zakiya Summers
Its course
February 17 to March 3, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 3
- Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives