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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2217

Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ veterans.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 17, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR TAXPAYERS THAT EMPLOY PERSONS WHO ARE HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AND WHO HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO BEING EMPLOYED BY SUCH TAXPAYERS; TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX CREDIT; TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX CREDIT THAT MAY BE CLAIMED IN A TAXABLE YEAR; TO AUTHORIZE ANY TAX CREDIT CLAIMED BUT NOT USED IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR TO BE CARRIED FORWARD FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS; 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

8 co-sponsors

Phillip A. Gandy, Philip Moran, Robert L. Jackson, Willie Simmons, Angela Burks Hill, Chris McDaniel, Bill Stone, Michael Watson

Its course

January 16 to March 17, 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 2439 days

FinanceJan 16 to Feb 2439 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 24 to Mar 17 · stopped21 days

Ways and MeansFeb 27 to Mar 17 · stopped18 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 Jan 16 – Feb 24

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  2. Feb 24Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 26 – Mar 17

  1. Feb 26Sent to the House
  2. Feb 27Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  3. Mar 17Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To FinanceSenate
  2. Feb 24Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 24Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 24PassedSenate
  5. Feb 26Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 27Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 17Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives