l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 21

Sales tax; reduce on sales of certain food.

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 AMEND SECTION 27-65-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TAX ON RETAIL SALES OF FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION NOT PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS BUT WHICH WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX IF SUCH FOOD WERE PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS; 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

14 co-sponsors

Earle S. Banks, Kelvin Buck, Clara Burnett, Bob Evans, Frances Fredericks, John W. Hines, Sr., D. Stephen Holland, Gregory Holloway, Sr., Robert L. Johnson III, Sherra Hillman Lane, Walter L. Robinson, Jr., Rufus Straughter, Sara R. Thomas, Percy W. Watson

Its course

January 21 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 RepresentativesJan 21 to Mar 12 · stopped51 days

Ways and MeansJan 21 to Mar 12 · stopped51 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 Jan 21 – Mar 12

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Mar 12Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 12Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives