Mississippi House Bill 447

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 27 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-27 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On Sales Of Firearms, Ammunition, Archery Equipment, Motorcycles, All-terrain Vehicles And Jet Skis; To Amend Section 27-65-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On Retail Sales Of Alcoholic Beverages; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Sales Revenue Collected From Increases To Sales Tax Rates Under Sections 27-65-17 And 27-65-25 Shall Be Deposited, Without Diversion, Into A Special Fund Created In The State Treasury As The "mississippi Hospitals Uncompensated Care Assistance Fund"; To Amend Section 27-69-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "tobacco" Under The Tobacco Tax Law; To Define The Term "vapor Product" Under The Tobacco Tax Law; To Amend Section 27-69-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Excise Taxes Levied On Cigarettes And Other Tobacco; To Amend Sections 27-69-15, 27-69-27, 27-69-33 And 27-69-35, Mississippi Of Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 27-69-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Tobacco Taxes Collected From The Increases To Tobacco Tax Rates Under This Act Shall Be Deposited Into The "mississippi Hospitals Uncompensated Care Assistance Fund"; To Create The "mississippi Hospitals Uncompensated Care Assistance Fund" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Administered By The Department Of Health; To Provide That Monies In The Fund Shall Be Used To Provide Assistance To Hospitals For The Cost Of Uncompensated Medical Care Services; And For Related Purposes.

Taxes; increase certain and use revenue to provide assistance to hospitals for uncompensated medical care services.

Rep. John Hines [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-27	House	Died In Committee
2024-01-22	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	65	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	65	25	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	65	75	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	69	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	69	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	69	27	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	69	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	69	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	69	35	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	69	75	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0447.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0447IN.htm