Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 907
Mississippi Entertainment Investment Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY INVESTMENT ACT; TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR SOUND RECORDING PRODUCTION COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE SOUND RECORDING PROJECTS IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT A SOUND RECORDING PRODUCTION COMPANY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REBATE OF A PERCENTAGE OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A STATE-CERTIFIED SOUND RECORDING PRODUCTION PROJECT; TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PROJECTS IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT A COMPANY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REBATE OF A PERCENTAGE OF EXPENDITURES MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A STATE-CERTIFIED MUSICAL OR THEATRICAL PRODUCTION PROJECT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REBATE PROGRAMS CREATED IN THIS ACT SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE REBATE PROGRAMS CREATED IN 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
7 co-sponsors
Richard Bennett, Patricia H. Willis, Tom Miles, Greg Haney, Omeria Scott, John G. Faulkner, Bobby B. Howell
Its course
January 19 to March 3, 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 action8 actions on 7 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 517 days
TourismJan 19 to Jan 289 days
Ways and MeansJan 28 to Jan 291 day
TourismJan 29 to Jan 290 days
In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days
FinanceFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 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 Jan 19 – Feb 5
- Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Tourism and on Ways and Means
- Jan 28Reported from TO to WM in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Jan 29Reported from WM to TO in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 5Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 6 – Mar 3
- Feb 6Sent to the Senate
- Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Tourism;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Jan 28DR - TSDP: TO To WMHouse of Representatives
- Jan 29DR - TSDP: WM To TOHouse of Representatives
- Jan 29Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
- Feb 5PassedHouse of Representatives
- Feb 6Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Feb 17Referred To FinanceSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate