l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2922

Income tax; credit for contributions to organizations that grant scholarships to schools that provide dyslexia therapy.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 26, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE DYSLEXIA THERAPY TAX CREDIT; TO AUTHORIZE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT TO TAXPAYERS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ATTENDING ACCREDITED, NONPROFIT, NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE DYSLEXIA THERAPY INSTRUCTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CREDIT SHALL NOT 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 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; TO GIVE THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 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

Its course

February 10 to February 26, 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 SenateFeb 10 to Feb 26 · stopped16 days

FinanceFeb 10 to Feb 26 · stopped16 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 Feb 10 – Feb 26

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