Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 25, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 3193
Income tax; authorize a credit for contributions to organizations that grant scholarships to certain schools.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE GREAT SCHOOLS TAX CREDIT; TO AUTHORIZE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT TO TAXPAYERS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ATTENDING CERTAIN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND/OR SECONDARY SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH A STUDENT RESIDES, OR A NONPUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND/OR SECONDARY SCHOOL MADE DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR FOR WHICH THE CREDIT IS CLAIMED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 50% OF THE TAXPAYER'S INCOME TAX LIABILITY; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS MUST MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THEM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CREDIT; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOLS THAT ACCEPT SCHOLARSHIPS FROM A SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATION MUST MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTS TO BE MADE BY SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS TO THE STATE TAX COMMISSION; TO GIVE THE STATE TAX COMMISSION CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES WITH REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS ACT; 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
January 30 to February 25, 2009, 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 SenateJan 30 to Feb 25 · stopped26 days
FinanceJan 30 to Feb 25 · stopped26 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.