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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 4058

Income tax; revise provisions regarding tax credit for employers providing child care for employees.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 25, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-73-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS PROVIDING DEPENDENT CARE FOR EMPLOYEES DURING WORK HOURS AND FOR EMPLOYERS THAT PROVIDE A CHILD CARE STIPEND TO BE USED FOR CHILD CARE DURING EMPLOYEES' WORK HOURS, TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE REQUIRED STIPEND AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE STIPEND TO BE FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO A LICENSED OR REGISTERED ENTITY PROVIDING DEPENDENT CHILD CARE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAX CREDIT ALLOWED MAY NOT EXCEED $3,000.00 PER YEAR FOR EACH CHILD OF A PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-153-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES THE MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE MISSISSIPPI STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, FOR THE 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

Its course

February 23 to February 25, 2026, 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 23 to Feb 25 · stopped2 days

Ways and MeansFeb 23 to Feb 25 · stopped2 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 23 – Feb 25

  1. Feb 23Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 25Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 23Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 25Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives