l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 1646

Income tax; authorize credit for portion of costs of college textbooks.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 12, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT TO TAXPAYERS FOR A PORTION OF THE COSTS PAID BY THE TAXPAYER FOR TEXTBOOKS USED BY THE TAXPAYER OR A DEPENDENT OF THE TAXPAYER WHILE ENROLLED AS A RESIDENT STUDENT IN A COURSE OR COURSES AT A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR JUNIOR COLLEGE IN THIS STATE; TO LIMIT THE PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE TAX CREDIT MAY BE CLAIMED; TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT; TO ALLOW ANY UNUSED TAX CREDIT TO BE CARRIED FORWARD ONE YEAR; 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 House of Representatives

36 co-sponsors

Brian Aldridge, Larry Baker, Toby Barker, Charles Jim Beckett, Richard Bennett, Sidney Bondurant, Lester Carpenter, Becky Currie, Jim Ellington, Mark Formby, Herb Frierson, Jack Gadd, Philip Gunn, D. Stephen Holland, Stephen A. Horne, Bobby B. Howell, Mac Huddleston, Michael W. Janus, Wanda Jennings, John Mayo, Kevin McGee, Alex Monsour, Ken Morgan, Billy Nicholson, Russ Nowell, Deryk R. Parker, Randall Patterson, Dannie Reed, Jeffrey C. Smith, Gary V. Staples, Preston E. Sullivan, Jerry R. Turner, Jessica Upshaw, Greg Ward, Tommy L. Woods, Henry Zuber III

Its course

March 6 to March 12, 2008, 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 House of RepresentativesMar 6 to Mar 12 · stopped6 days

Ways and MeansMar 6 to Mar 12 · stopped6 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 House of Representatives Mar 6 – Mar 12

  1. Mar 6Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Mar 12Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Mar 6Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 12Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives