Mississippi House Bill 53 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Ban Criminal History Checks As Part Of The Preliminary Job Application Process Except As Required By Law; To Authorize An Income Tax Credit For Taxpayers Employing Persons Who Have Been Convicted Of A Felony And Have Been Unemployed For Six Consecutive Months Immediately Prior To Being Employed By Such Taxpayers; To Provide The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Limit The Amount Of The Tax Credit That May Be Claimed In A Taxable Year; To Authorize Any Tax Credit Claimed But Not Used In Any Taxable Year To Be Carried Forward For Five Consecutive Years; And For Related Purposes.

Income tax; authorize credit for employers of convicted felons, prohibit certain criminal record/history checks.

Rep. John Faulkner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-04	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0053.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0053IN.htm