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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2302

"Ban the box;" facilitate post-incarceration employment opportunities for nonviolent felons.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 9, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A COURT TO EXPUNGE CERTAIN NONVIOLENT FELONY CONVICTIONS; TO BAN CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY JOB APPLICATION PROCESS EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW; TO AUTHORIZE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR TAXPAYERS EMPLOYING PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY 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

Its course

January 13 to February 9, 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the SenateJan 13 to Feb 9 · stopped27 days

CorrectionsJan 13 to Jan 3017 days

FinanceJan 30 to Jan 311 day

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 13 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 13Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Finance
  2. Jan 30Reported as a committee substitute from CR to FI in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  4. Feb 9Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Corrections;FinanceSenate
  2. Jan 30DR - TSDPCS: CR To FISenate
  3. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  4. Feb 9Died On CalendarSenate