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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 911

Employment Security Law; create the Mississippi Works Fund to provide strategic workforce training needs.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 11, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI WORKS FUND IN THE MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUCH FUND SHALL BE MADE IN CALENDAR YEARS 2015 AND 2016 AND TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUCH FUND; TO ESTABLISH THE CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2015 AND 2016; TO PROVIDE THAT MISSISSIPPI WORKS FUNDS SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO A TREASURY FUND FOR THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL FUNDS DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TREASURY FUND FROM THE MISSISSIPPI WORKS CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE ALLOCATED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TO MAKE STRATEGIC AND TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN THE MISSISSIPPI WORKFORCE TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF BETTER PAYING, HIGHER SKILLED IN-DEMAND JOBS, WITH A FOCUS ON HIGH GROWTH INDUSTRIES, SUPPLYING TRAINING FUNDS TO MEET IMMEDIATE TRAINING NEEDS; TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-355, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL EXPERIENCE RATE FOR RATE YEARS 2015 AND 2016 SHALL BE ZERO; TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE GENERAL EXPERIENCE RATE IN 2015 AND 2016 UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-453, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 37-153-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD; 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

1 co-sponsor

Tom Miles

Its course

January 19 to March 11, 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 action9 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 1022 days

Workforce DevelopmentJan 19 to Feb 214 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 11 · stopped29 days

FinanceFeb 17 to Mar 314 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

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 10

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Workforce Development
  2. Feb 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amendment failed in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 11

  1. Feb 12Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Mar 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 11Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Workforce DevelopmentHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 10Amendment FailedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 12Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Referred To FinanceSenate
  8. Mar 3Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedSenate
  9. Mar 11Died On CalendarSenate