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2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2595

"Mississippi Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act of 2014"; establish.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT ACT OF 2014"; TO ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT (EITC) PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES SEEKING EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN; TO AUTHORIZE THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR BUSINESS FIRMS MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALIFIED EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION OR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND TO PROVIDE STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED BY AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT FROM A SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION ARE DEDUCTIBLE AS AN ADJUSTMENT TO GROSS INCOME; TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Finance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published