Mississippi House Bill 911 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 11 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-11 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Mississippi Works Fund In The Mississippi Employment Security Law; To Provide That Contributions To Such Fund Shall Be Made In Calendar Years 2015 And 2016 And To Provide The Amount Of Contributions And The Payment Of Contributions To Such Fund; To Establish The Contribution Rate For Calendar Years 2015 And 2016; To Provide That Mississippi Works Funds Shall Be Transferred To A Treasury Fund For The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security; To Provide That All Funds Deposited Into The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security Treasury Fund From The Mississippi Works Contributions Shall Be Allocated Exclusively By The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Make Strategic And Targeted Investments In The Mississippi Workforce To Encourage The Growth Of Better Paying, Higher Skilled In-demand Jobs, With A Focus On High Growth Industries, Supplying Training Funds To Meet Immediate Training Needs; To Amend Section 71-5-355, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The General Experience Rate For Rate Years 2015 And 2016 Shall Be Zero; To Provide For An Increase In The General Experience Rate In 2015 And 2016 Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 71-5-453, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-153-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Membership Of The State Workforce Investment Board; And For Related Purposes.

Employment Security Law; create the Mississippi Works Fund to provide strategic workforce training needs.

Rep. Jeffrey Smith [R]

Rep. Tom Miles [D]

2015-02-10 - House - House Passed (Y: 118 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-11	Senate	Died On Calendar
2015-03-03	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2015-02-17	Senate	Referred To Finance
2015-02-12	House	Transmitted To Senate
2015-02-10	House	Passed
2015-02-10	House	Amendment Failed
2015-02-10	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2015-02-02	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Workforce Development

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0911.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0911IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0911CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0911PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/house/0360036.pdf