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House passes a slate of tax, credit and administrative bills; summary of final votes
Summary
The Mississippi House passed a number of bills on the Ways and Means calendar including changes to sales-tax exemptions, tax credits for small employers and film/television incentives, and several bond and regional economic measures. Vote tallies are included where recorded in the transcript.
The Mississippi House of Representatives approved several bills on the Ways and Means calendar during a floor session that included both brief explanations from sponsors and a handful of substantive debates.
The package included tax-exemption clarifications, new or adjusted tax-credit programs, bond-authority language and regional economic development measures. Several items were contested in committee or on the floor; most were approved on final passage as recorded in the transcript. Where a roll-call tally was given in the transcript it is listed below.
Votes at a glance (bill — short description — outcome / roll-call from the transcript): - House Bill 248 — expands the definition of food exempt from sales tax for food pantries (passed; final passage recorded as 117…
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