Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 292
Municipalities; prohibit from receiving certain funds if police department is defunded.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT MUNICIPALITIES FROM DEFUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A POLICY IS IMPLEMENTED OR ADOPTED BY A MUNICIPALITY TO DEFUND ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SHALL WITHHOLD TEN PERCENT OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE PAYABLE TO THE MUNICIPALITY UNTIL SUCH TIME THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES CERTAIN NOTICE THAT THE MUNICIPALITY NO LONGER IMPLEMENTS SUCH POLICY; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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
Its course
January 9 to January 31, 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 RepresentativesJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
AppropriationsJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 Jan 9 – Jan 31
- Jan 9Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives