Mississippi House Bill 67 (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 To Impose A Separate Sales Tax Levy On 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 To Phase Out The Sales Tax On Retail Sales Of Such Food; To Amend Sections 27-65-17 And 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Rate Of The Diversion Of Sales Tax Revenue Collected On Business Activities Within Municipalities That Is Allocated For Distribution To And Paid To Municipalities; And For Related Purposes.

Sales tax; phase out on sales of certain food and increase diversion to municipalities.

Rep. Ashley Henley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-27	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-11	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0067.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0067IN.htm