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 1601
Income tax; exempt income of recent graduates of Mississippi 4-year colleges who are employed in state.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI JOBS CREATION ACT OF 2015"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GROSS INCOME OF RECENT GRADUATES OF FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN MISSISSIPPI SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY INCOME DERIVED FROM A QUALIFYING JOB IN THE STATE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION FROM GROSS INCOME AUTHORIZED BY THIS ACT MAY BE UTILIZED BY A RECENT GRADUATE OF A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS IF THE RECENT GRADUATE REMAINS EMPLOYED IN A QUALIFYING JOB FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME; TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS 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
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