l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1703

Tax Credit Scholarship; enact to provide qualifying students eligibility to use to cover eligible education expenses.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 22, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT QUALIFYING STUDENTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO USE A SCHOLARSHIP FROM CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS TO COVER ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES; TO PROVIDE FOR A TAX CREDIT NOT TO EXCEED 50% OF THE TAXPAYERS TAX LIABILITY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS; TO STIPULATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS ACCEPTING STUDENTS FOR ENROLLMENT WHO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS ADMINISTERING TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON THE TAX CREDITS ALLOWED UNDER THIS ACT; TO ALLOW PARENTS TO REQUEST AN ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED; TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WITH REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH ADMIT STUDENTS RECEIVING TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NOT AGENTS OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AMOUNTS RECEIVED AS TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS TO PAY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM GROSS INCOME; 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

Its course

February 15 to February 22, 2017, 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 15 to Feb 22 · stopped7 days

Ways and MeansFeb 15 to Feb 22 · 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 15 – Feb 22

  1. Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 22Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 15Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 22Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives