Mississippi House Bill 1689 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 22 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-22 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 27-65-17, 27-65-75 And 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Rate Of The State Sales Tax; To Provide That The Revenue Derived From The Additional Tax Levied Under This Act Shall Be Deposited Into The Education Enhancement Fund; To Exempt From The Additional Tax Levied Under This Act Retail Sales Of Food For Human Consumption Not Purchased With Food Stamps But Which Would Be Exempt From Sales Tax If Such Food Were Purchased With Food Stamps; And For Related Purposes.

Sales tax; increase rate and deposit additional revenue into the Education Enhancement Fund.

Rep. David Myers [D]

Rep. Carl Mickens [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-22	House	Died In Committee
2017-02-15	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1689.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1689IN.htm