Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 22, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2575
"Mississippi Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act of 2017"; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT ACT OF 2017"; TO ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT (EITC) PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES SEEKING EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN; TO AUTHORIZE THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR BUSINESS FIRMS MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALIFIED EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS OR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND TO PROVIDE STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED BY AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT FROM A SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION ARE DEDUCTIBLE AS AN ADJUSTMENT TO GROSS INCOME; TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Feb 22 · stopped37 days
FinanceJan 16 to Feb 22 · stopped37 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.