DENTISTRY/HYGIENISTS: Provides relative to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact (EN +$3,700 SG RV See Note)
HB 543 establishes a framework for Mississippi to join the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact. This bill allows licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice across state lines in participating states without needing separate licenses. The key mechanism is creating a standardized process for states to recognize each other's credentials through a centralized clearinghouse. It directly affects dental professionals seeking to work in multiple states and streamlines licensure for healthcare providers. The bill is currently in committee for further review.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025
Signed Jun 16, 2025
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HB543 Original
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HB543 Act 312
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MINOR
The bill was enrolled and renumbered as Act No. 312, changing the document pagination from 24 pages to 21. The substantive content regarding the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact remains identical, with the text reorganized to align with the new act number while preserving all original definitions, purposes, and operational rules.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it continues to establish the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact to facilitate licensure portability and public safety.
TECHNICAL
The document was renumbered from 'HB543 Original' to 'HB543 Act 312' and 'ENROLLED', and the page count was updated from 24 to 21 to reflect the final enacted version.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 13, 2025
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Jun 2, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 29, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0).
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Wayne McMahen
RRepublican
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