Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 22, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1562
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain food.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE SALES TAX RATE ON RETAIL SALES OF FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION NOT PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS BUT WHICH WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX IF PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DISTRIBUTION OF STATE SALES TAX REVENUE COLLECTED FROM RETAIL SALES OF FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION NOT PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS BUT WHICH WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX IF PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS; 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
22 co-sponsors
Orlando Paden, John W. Hines, Sr., Zakiya Summers, Willie Bailey, Earle S. Banks, Edward Blackmon, Jr., Bo Brown, Bryant W. Clark, Oscar Denton, John G. Faulkner, Stephanie Foster, Karl Gibbs, Jeffery Harness, Robert L. Johnson III, Daryl Porter, Robert L. Sanders, Omeria Scott, Rufus Straughter, Cheikh Taylor, Rickey Thompson, Kenneth Walker, Percy W. Watson
Its course
February 9 to February 22, 2023, 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 9 to Feb 22 · stopped13 days
Ways and MeansFeb 9 to Feb 22 · stopped13 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 9 – Feb 22
- Feb 9Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 22Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 9Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Feb 22Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives