Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2550
Dental hygienists; revise certain requirements for and provisions regarding practice under general supervision.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-9-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS PRACTICING UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISION; TO UPDATE CPR AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS; TO AUTHORIZE DENTAL HYGIENE PRACTICE UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISION IN LICENSED NURSING HOMES, INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGED OR INFIRM AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; TO ALLOW PATIENTS IN LICENSED NURSING HOMES, INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGED OR INFIRM AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO BE SEEN FOUR TIMES CONSECUTIVELY UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISION; TO LIMIT THE SERVICES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED IN SUCH SETTINGS TO NONINVASIVE ROUTINE SERVICES; TO REVISE LIMITATIONS ON SUPERVISION AND PATIENT ELIGIBILITY; 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