Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2546
MS Medical Cannabis Act; eliminate required follow-up visit and extend written certification and registry ID card validity periods.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-137-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND FROM 12 TO 24 MONTHS THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION OF A PERSON'S DIAGNOSIS FROM A PRACTITIONER OF A DEBILITATING MEDICAL CONDITION OR ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS SHALL REMAIN CURRENT; TO REQUIRE THAT A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION BE ISSUED ONLY AFTER A LAWFUL ASSESSMENT OF A PATIENT BY A PRACTITIONER RATHER THAN AFTER AN IN-PERSON ASSESSMENT OF A PATIENT BY A PRACTITIONER, AND TO REQUIRE THAT THE PRACTITIONER BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE BOUNDARIES OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER A QUALIFYING PATIENT RECEIVES A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION FROM A PRACTITIONER, THE PRACTITIONER MAY, AT HIS OR HER DISCRETION, REQUEST OR REQUIRE A FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-137-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND FROM ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE TO TWO YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR RESIDENTS; TO EXTEND FROM 15 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE TO 90 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR NONRESIDENTS; 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 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate