Mississippi Senate Bill 2173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 27 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-27 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "mississippi Education Improvement Tax Credit Act Of 2019"; To Establish An Educational Improvement Tax Credit (eitc) Program Administered By The Mississippi Development Authority To Provide Financial Assistance To Low- And Middle-income Families Seeking Educational Options For Their Children; To Authorize The Income Tax Credit For Business Firms Making Contributions To Qualified Educational Scholarship Organizations Or Educational Improvement Organizations And To Provide Standards And Limitations For Such Contributions; To Provide That The Scholarships Received By An Eligible Student From A Scholarship Organization Are Deductible As An Adjustment To Gross Income; To Amend Section 27-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

"Mississippi Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act of 2019"; establish.

Sen. Michael Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-27	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-14	Senate	Referred To Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2173.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2173IN.htm