Mississippi House Bill 822 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 19 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-19 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Impose A Privilege Tax On Attorneys Who Practice In This State And Are Not Domiciled In This State And Do Not Maintain A Regular Place Of Business In This State; To Provide A Fine For Failure To Pay The Tax; To Provide That The Revenue Derived From The Privilege Tax Provided For In This Act Shall Be Deposited Into The Civil Legal Assistance Fund; To Bring Forward Section 27-15-251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Penalties For Violations Of The State-wide Privilege Tax Law, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Professional privilege tax; impose on attorneys who practice in state, are not domiciled in and do not maintain regular place of business.

Rep. John Lamar [R]

2019-02-26 - House - House Passed (Y: 92 N: 15 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-19	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-02-28	Senate	Referred To Finance
2019-02-27	House	Transmitted To Senate
2019-02-26	House	Passed
2019-02-20	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0822.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0822IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0822PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/votes/house/0500003.pdf