l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 414

Sweetened Beverages and Syrups Tax Law; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 23, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SWEETENED BEVERAGES AND SYRUPS TAX LAW"; TO PROVIDE THAT DISTRIBUTORS WHO RECEIVE, STORE, MANUFACTURE, BOTTLE OR DISTRIBUTE CERTAIN SWEETENED BEVERAGE PRODUCTS FOR SALE TO RETAILERS IN THIS STATE MUST OBTAIN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE A PERMIT TO ENGAGE IN SUCH BUSINESS; TO IMPOSE AN EXCISE TAX ON EVERY DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SELLING CERTAIN SWEETENED BEVERAGE PRODUCTS; TO CREATE THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH PROMOTION FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT REVENUE FROM THE EXCISE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH PROMOTION FUND; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE MONEY IN SUCH FUND; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM THE TAX LEVIED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 6 to February 23, 2011, 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 6 to Feb 23 · stopped48 days

Ways and MeansJan 6 to Feb 23 · stopped48 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 6 – Feb 23

  1. Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published