SB 2441 Mississippi Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Limited medical licenses; revise provisions regarding and create additional limited licenses.

SB 2441 creates new limited medical licenses in Mississippi to address physician shortages. It allows the state board to issue licenses to graduates of foreign medical schools and U.S. medical school graduates who didn’t secure residency spots, with specific requirements. Foreign-trained physicians must work in rural or medically underserved areas with doctor shortages, while U.S. graduates must practice in counties under 50,000 residents under physician supervision. The bill extends the maximum license duration from five to eight years and sets clear qualifications for these temporary licenses.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2026

How they voted

511
Passed
Total votes 52
Feb 4, 2026
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican34
33 Yea 1 Nay
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
upper
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred To Public Health and Welfare
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Hob Bryan
Hob Bryan
DDemocratic
MS
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