Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 1321
TANF recipients; establish program to provide wage subsidies to employers who hire.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH A SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FOR THE PAYMENT OF WAGE SUBSIDIES TO AN EMPLOYER WHO HIRES AN UNEMPLOYED PARENT RECIPIENT OF TANF ASSISTANCE; TO PRESCRIBE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BOTH EMPLOYERS AND TANF RECIPIENTS; TO REQUIRE 50% OF AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE'S WAGES TO BE PAID FROM TANF FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE EMPLOYER FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND TO PRIORITIZE SUBSIDIES IN THOSE COUNTIES WITH THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE AMOUNTS OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO TANF RECIPIENTS, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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
Sponsor
5 co-sponsors
John G. Faulkner, Alyce G. Clarke, Kabir Karriem, Carl Mickens, Ronnie C. Crudup
Its course
February 17 to March 3, 2020, 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 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 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 17 – Mar 3
- Feb 17Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Appropriations
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 17Referred To Public Health and Human Services;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives