Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1623
Mississippi HBCU Maternal Health Workforce Pipeline Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HBCU MATERNAL HEALTH WORKFORCE PIPELINE ACT; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI HBCUS MATERNAL HEALTH WORKFORCE PIPELINE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND SERVE AS CO-CHAIRS FOR THE PROGRAM; TO CREATE A MATERNAL HEALTH SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT PARTICIPATING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS); TO CREATE THE MATERNAL HEALTH PIPELINE FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE TO FUND THE PROGRAM; 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
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
Universities and CollegesJan 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
- Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations A
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives