Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2216
Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-33-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ALLOWED FOR A PERSON WHO IS 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR TOTALLY DISABLED SHALL BE ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FROM ALL AD VALOREM TAXES ON AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY ON JANUARY 1, 2018, OR JANUARY 1 OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHICH THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMS AN EXEMPTION ON THE PROPERTY, AND ANY INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY RESULTING FROM AN UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY RESULTS IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY BEING LESS THAN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 1, 2018, OR JANUARY 1 OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHICH THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPERTY, THEN THE EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE ON AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCH LOWER ASSESSED VALUE AND ANY INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY RESULTING FROM A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY; 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 9 to January 30, 2018, 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 9 to Jan 30 · stopped21 days
FinanceJan 9 to Jan 30 · stopped21 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.