Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Economic and Workforce Development Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2339
Business closure or relocation to another jurisdiction; provide penalties/ineligibility for state grants, loans and tax benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED "THE MISSISSIPPI BETTER BUSINESS CLOSURE-RELOCATION ACT OF 2020" TO DISCOURAGE NEW OR CURRENT EMPLOYERS FROM CLOSING A BUSINESS AND RELOCATING TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION WITHOUT FULFILLING THEIR OBLIGATIONS AFTER RECEIVING ANY GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT OR BENEFITS FROM THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER THAT INTENDS TO RELOCATE A BUSINESS OR OPERATING FACILITY TO NOTIFY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TO PROVIDE A CIVIL PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO DISTRIBUTE THE RELOCATION LIST TO AFFECTED STATE AGENCIES; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SUCH EMPLOYER IN THE RELOCATION LIST SHALL BE INELIGIBLE FOR STATE GRANTS, STATE GUARANTEED LOANS OR STATE TAX BENEFITS FOR FIVE YEARS WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 31-7-15 AND 31-7-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM COMMODITY AND PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PREFERENCE PROVISIONS IN CONFORMITY TO THIS ACT; 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
February 13 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 SenateFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days
Economic and Workforce DevelopmentFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 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 Senate Feb 13 – Mar 3
- Feb 13Referred to the Senate committees on Economic and Workforce Development and on Finance
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 13Referred To Economic and Workforce Development;FinanceSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate