Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 26, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 1659
Boyd Mason Act; create sales tax exemption for veterans having 100% permanent service-connected disability.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE BOYD MASON ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM SALES TAXATION SALES OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY OR SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI AND HAVE BEEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE IN ANY BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD AND HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR ITS SUCCESSOR AS HAVING 100% PERMANENT SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY, SALES TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL AND SALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL MADE TO A SPOUSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR TO A MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDES AND WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE PURCHASES ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S BEHALF, WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS NOT PRESENT AT THE SALE; TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SALES TO WHICH THE EXEMPTION MAY APPLY; 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
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 30 to February 26, 2025, 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 30 to Feb 26 · stopped27 days
Ways and MeansJan 30 to Feb 26 · stopped27 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 30 – Feb 26
- Jan 30Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 26Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 30Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Feb 26Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives