l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2907

Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 30, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-25-501, 27-25-503, 27-25-505, 27-25-701, 27-25-703 AND 27-25-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE SEVERANCE TAX ON OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCED FROM HORIZONTALLY DRILLED WELLS OR HORIZONTALLY DRILLED RECOMPLETION WELLS FROM WHICH PRODUCTION COMMENCES FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2013, FOR A PERIOD OF 30 MONTHS BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF FIRST SALE OF PRODUCTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE FROM SUCH REDUCED TAX SHALL BE APPORTIONED TO THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE OIL OR NATURAL GAS WAS PRODUCED; 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

20 co-sponsors

Terry C. Burton, Albert Butler, Kelvin Butler, Nancy Adams Collins, Sally Doty, Phillip A. Gandy, Josh Harkins, Angela Burks Hill, Robert L. Jackson, Kenneth Wayne Jones, David Jordan, Perry Lee, Will Longwitz, Philip Moran, Rita Potts Parks, Derrick T. Simmons, Tony Smith, Sean J. Tindell, Giles Ward, Michael Watson

Its course

February 22 to March 30, 2013, 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 action15 actions on 11 days

In the SenateFeb 22 to Feb 275 days

FinanceFeb 22 to Feb 264 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Mar 1819 days

EnergyMar 8 to Mar 146 days

Back in the SenateMar 18 to Mar 30 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 18

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 Senate Feb 22 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 22Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  2. Feb 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 27Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 28 – Mar 18

  1. Feb 28Sent to the House
  2. Mar 8Referred to the House committee on Energy
  3. Mar 14Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 18Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 18 – Mar 30

  1. Mar 18Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Eaton, Cockerham, Staples, Myers and Ellis)
  2. Mar 19Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  4. Mar 20Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  5. Mar 25Conferees named in the Senate: Fillingane, Burton and Butler (38th)
  6. Mar 30Died in conference in the Senate
All 15 actions, as published
  1. Feb 22Referred To FinanceSenate
  2. Feb 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 27Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 27PassedSenate
  5. Feb 28Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Mar 8Referred To EnergyHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 14Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 18AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 18Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 18Motion to Reconsider Entered (Eaton, Cockerham, Staples, Myers, Ellis)House of Representatives
  11. Mar 19Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 19Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 20Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  14. Mar 25Conferees Named Fillingane,Burton,Butler (38th)Senate
  15. Mar 30Died In ConferenceSenate