ChangeBridge / Mississippi / HB925 Signed by Governor HB925 House Bill Signed by Governor 2026-04-06

Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability Reform (CLEAR) Act; create.

An Act To Be Known As The Creating Logic For Efficiency And Accountability Reform (clear) Act; To Create New Section 5-3-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Peer Committee To Establish A Program Of Reviewing Selected Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules; To Provide That Such Reviews Shall Produce A Report To The Legislature On Newly Adopted State Agency Administrative Rules; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 565, 2026 Regular Session, To Provide That The Peer Committee Shall Conduct A Performance Evaluation Of The Medicaid Nonemergency Transportation Program Once Every Three Years To Evaluate The Administration Of The Program And The Providers Of Transportation Services To Determine The Most Cost-effective Ways Of Providing Nonemergency Transportation Services To The Patients Served Under The Program; To Create The State Board Of Health Professions; To Provide That The Members Of The Board Shall Be One Member From The Boards Of Medical Licensure, Pharmacy, Nursing, Chiropractic Examiners, Dental Examiners And Optometry, And Five Additional Members; To Provide That The Board Shall Evaluate The Need For Coordination Among The Health Regulatory Boards And Their Staffs, Evaluate All Health Care Professions And Occupations In The State And Consider Whether Each Such Profession Or Occupation Should Be Regulated And The Degree Of Regulation To Be Imposed, Serve As A Forum For Resolving Conflicts Among The Health Regulatory Boards, Advise The Governor And The Legislature On Matters Relating To The Regulation Or Deregulation Of Health Care Professions And Occupations, And Examine Scope Of Practice Conflicts Involving Regulated And Unregulated Health Care Professions And Occupations And Advise The Health Regulatory Boards And The Legislature Of The Nature And Degree Of Such Conflicts; To Provide That The State Department Of Health Shall Annually Request A Budget For The State Board Of Health Professions And Shall Provide A Meeting Space And Administrative Support For The Board's Operations; To Amend Section 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That All Program Withholdings From Participants Of The Prison Industries Corporation's Work Initiative Program Shall Be Calculated Based Upon Participant Wages After Mandatory Deductions; To Require Accounting Of Any Dependent Support Payments, Fines, Restitutions, Fees Or Costs, As Ordered By The Court, Be Reported For Each Work Initiative Participant; To Require That The Remaining Sentence Length Of Such Participant Be Collected, Maintained And Reported; To Require That A Financial Account Creation Date Be Collected, Maintained And Reported For Each Participant; And For Related Purposes.

Bill Details

State Mississippi

Session 2026 Regular Session

Chamber House

Official Source billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history...

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Sponsors

Kevin Felsher (Rep - R) Kevin Ford (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-04-06 S Enrolled Bill Signed 2026-04-06 H Enrolled Bill Signed 2026-04-01 S Conference Report Adopted 2026-03-31 H Conference Report Adopted 2026-03-30 H Conference Report Filed 2026-03-30 S Conference Report Filed 2026-03-24 S Conferees Named Thompson,McMahan,Blount 2026-03-23 H Conferees Named Ford (54th),Porter,Mansell 2026-03-18 H Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 2026-03-11 S Returned For Concurrence 2026-03-10 S Passed As Amended 2026-03-10 S Amended 2026-03-03 S Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 2026-02-16 S Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency 2026-02-06 H Transmitted To Senate 2026-02-05 H Passed As Amended 2026-02-05 H Amended 2026-01-22 H Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 2026-01-16 H Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Votes

2026-02-05 House Passed As Amended Yea: 119 Nay: 1 2026-03-10 Senate Passed As Amended Yea: 50 Nay: 2 2026-03-31 House Conference Report Adopted Yea: 116 Nay: 0 2026-04-01 Senate Conference Report Adopted Yea: 52 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-01-16 H Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency 2026-02-16 S Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Amendments

0000-00-00 House Committee Amendment No 1 0000-00-00 House Amendment No 2 Adopted 0000-00-00 Senate Committee Amendment No 1

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-16 Introduced 2026-02-06 Engrossed 2026-04-06 Enrolled Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)