Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2899
Child Accounts Savings Program; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CHILD ACCOUNTS PROGRAM TO ENABLE ELIGIBLE CHILDREN TO ACQUIRE THE HABIT OF SAVING BY ESTABLISHING A TAX EXEMPT SAVINGS ACCOUNT WHICH WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WHICH MAY RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OR INDIVIDUALS WHICH ARE MATCHED BY THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE CHILD ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPENING AND TRANSFER OF CHILD ACCOUNTS; TO PROVIDE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS FROM CHILD ACCOUNTS; TO PROVIDE FOR INVESTMENTS OF SUCH ACCOUNTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF SUCH ACCOUNTS; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR DECEPTIVE USE OF SUCH ACCOUNTS; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 4 to February 19, 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 SenateFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
FinanceFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 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.