Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2237
Prescription drugs; require pharmacist to dispense unless certain circumstances exist.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-21-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PHARMACISTS TO DISPENSE A PRESCRIPTION DRUG TO A PATIENT UNLESS THE PRESCRIPTION VIOLATES THE LAW, THE DRUG COULD CAUSE A HARMFUL DRUG INTERACTION OR ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL CONDITION, THE DRUG IS OUT OF STOCK, OR DISPENSING THE DRUG VIOLATES THE PHARMACIST'S CONSCIENCE; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 5 to March 5, 2024, 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 SenateFeb 5 to Mar 5 · stopped29 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 5 to Mar 5 · stopped29 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 Senate Feb 5 – Mar 5
- Feb 5Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 5Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate