Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 25, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 1590
Income tax; exempt net income of certain physicians and other health care professionals practicing in critical physician shortage areas.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI CRITICAL PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSE, NURSE PRACTITIONER, NURSE ANESTHETIST AND DENTIST SHORTAGE INCENTIVE ACT OF 2015"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NET INCOME OF NEWLY LICENSED PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSES, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSE ANESTHETISTS AND DENTISTS WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PRACTICING IN CRITICAL PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE AREAS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION FROM INCOME TAXATION AUTHORIZED BY THIS ACT MAY BE UTILIZED BY THE QUALIFYING PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSE, NURSE PRACTITIONER, NURSE ANESTHETIST OR DENTIST FOR TEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS IF THE PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSE, NURSE PRACTITIONER, NURSE ANESTHETIST OR DENTIST PRACTICES IN SUCH AN AREA FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME; TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-5, 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 18 to February 25, 2015, 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 RepresentativesFeb 18 to Feb 25 · stopped7 days
Ways and MeansFeb 18 to Feb 25 · stopped7 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 Feb 18 – Feb 25
- Feb 18Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 25Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 18Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Feb 25Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives