Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2552
Pharmacy technician-to-pharmacist ratio requirements; establish for licensed pharmacies.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-21-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH PHARMACY TECHNICIAN-TO-PHARMACIST RATIO REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSED PHARMACIES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF PHARMACY TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE; TO EXCLUDE FROM BEING COUNTED TOWARD THE RATIO CERTAIN SUPPORTIVE PERSONNEL WHO ARE NOT PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A REGISTERED PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSED PHARMACY TO EXCEED THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN-TO-PHARMACIST RATIO IF ALL PHARMACY TECHNICIANS IN EXCESS OF THE APPLICABLE RATIO ARE NATIONALLY CERTIFIED BY A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD; 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