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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1547

Nurses; require to receive training on human trafficking and certify such receipt when applying for or renewing their licenses.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE HEALING OUTREACH, PREVENTION AND EDUCATION (H.O.P.E.) ACT; TO REQUIRE EVERY NURSE WHO APPLIES FOR A NURSING LICENSE OR APPLIES TO RENEW HIS OR HER LICENSE MUST CERTIFY TO THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF NURSING THAT HE OR SHE HAS COMPLETED ONE HOUR OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING THAT INCLUDES A TRAUMA-INFORMED CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO EDUCATE NURSES ON IDENTIFYING, RESPONDING TO AND REPORTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO REQUIRE NURSES TO REPORT ANY SUSPECTED CASE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVOLVING A MINOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; TO REQUIRE NURSES TO REPORT ANY SUSPECTED CASE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVOLVING AN ADULT TO APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES WHEN A VICTIM IS IN IMMINENT DANGER, AFTER CONFIRMING A VICTIM'S CONSENT, OR ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN DISCLOSURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IS REQUIRED BY LAW; TO REQUIRE THAT REPORTS BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, BUT NO LATER THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER FORMING A REASONABLE SUSPICION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT IS A VIOLATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI NURSING PRACTICE LAW AND SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF NURSING; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-15-19, 73-15-21 AND 73-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 45-33-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO ARE CONVICTED OF HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING SHALL BE REGISTERED AS SEX OFFENDERS; 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

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 19 to Feb 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 Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives