Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2279
License reinstatement; apply standards to physicians and dentists to reenter practice after certain offenses.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW A PHYSICIAN OR A DENTIST TO APPLY FOR A REINSTATEMENT OF HIS OR HER LICENSE AFTER CONVICTION OF CERTAIN CRIMES; TO PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS THAT MUST TO SATISFIED FOR AN APPLICANT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE REINSTATEMENT; TO CREATE SECTION 99-19-36, TO OUTLINE THE LICENSE REINSTATMENT PROCESS FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 99-19-35; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE, OR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS, RESPECTFULLY, SHALL BE TASKED WITH REVIEWING APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE REINSTATEMENT; TO PROVIDE GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF A LICENSE REINSTATEMENT REQUEST; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVIEWING BOARDS SHALL USE THEIR OWN DISCRETION TO CREATE AND ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT, ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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
January 14 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 SenateJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 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 Jan 14 – Feb 3
- Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 14Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate