Mississippi House Bill 327

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 17 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-17 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Provide An Income Tax Credit For A Portion Of Certain Expenditures Made By Companies Engaged In The Production In Mississippi Of Scripted Or Unscripted Series, Content Or Pilot Episodes Intended For Broadcast Or Streaming; To Define Certain Terms; To Establish The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Provide That, If The Amount Of The Tax Credit Claimed By A Production Company Exceeds The Amount Of Income Tax Liability Of The Production Company For A Taxable Year, The Production Company May Carry The Excess Credit Forward For Ten Years; To Provide That In Lieu Of Claiming A Tax Credit, The Production Company May Elect To Claim A Rebate In The Amount Of 75% Of The Amount It Would Be Eligible To Claim As A Credit; To Amend Sections 57-89-7 And 57-89-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Income tax; authorize tax credit for companies engaged in television productions.

Rep. John Lamar [R]

2026-02-25 - House - House Passed (Y: 117 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-17	Senate	Died In Committee
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred To Finance
2026-02-26	House	Transmitted To Senate
2026-02-25	House	Passed
2026-02-24	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2026-01-08	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
57	89	51	Amended Code	See Bill Text
57	89	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0327.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0327IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0327PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0510002.pdf