Mississippi House Bill 292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit Municipalities From Defunding Police Departments; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Provide That If A Policy Is Implemented Or Adopted By A Municipality To Defund Its Police Department, Then The Department Of Revenue Shall Withhold Ten Percent Of The Sales Tax Revenue That Would Otherwise Be Payable To The Municipality Until Such Time The Department Receives Certain Notice That The Municipality No Longer Implements Such Policy; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Municipalities; prohibit from receiving certain funds if police department is defunded.

Rep. Carolyn Crawford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-09	House	Referred To Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	65	75	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0292.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0292IN.htm