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Votes at a glance: House moves broadband credit, education loan changes and multiple concurrency motions
Summary
During floor action the House approved concurrence on a broadband tax-credit bill (House Bill 16-44) and an education facilities/loan repayment bill (House Bill 11-29), passed several invite-conference and concurrence motions, and approved a group of nonviolent offender bills en bloc.
The Mississippi House of Representatives took a series of procedural and final votes on a range of bills during floor session.
Broadband tax credits (House Bill 16-44): The House concurred with Senate amendments to extend certain broadband technology tax credit provisions and raise the per-company cap on the income tax credit to $1,500,000 while maintaining a $15,000,000 aggregate cap. The concurrence motion passed by a recorded vote of 128 yeas and 0 nays.
Education facilities loan payments (House Bill 11-29): The House concurred with the Senate amendment authorizing the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to receive payments for approved loans from the Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund and directing the Department of Education to provide repayment balances and terms. The House recorded the concurrence by a vote of 116 yeas, 0 nays. The amendment includes effective-date language: some sections take effect July 1, 2024, and certain provisions are set to be repealed on July 1, 2034, as stated on the floor.
Mental-health acute-care technical change (House Bill 14-04): The House concurred with a technical amendment clarifying licensed acute psychiatric beds; the machine vote was recorded on the floor (vote indicated by the clerk; tally shown in transcript was not fully specified in numeric form in the transcript excerpt provided).
Invite‑conference and concurrence motions: The House also adopted invite-conference motions on multiple bills throughout the calendar (items and bill numbers recorded on the calendar included House Bills 1201, 1341, 1461 and a block motion taking up items 24, 25 and 26 en bloc). In each case the clerk announced "the ayes have it" or otherwise recorded adoption; numeric tallies were not specified in the transcript excerpts for those particular motions and are recorded below as "not specified" where a numeric tally was not given in the transcript.
En bloc passage (nonviolent offenses): A package of bills presented en bloc on the general calendar—described on the floor as measures related to certain nonviolent offenses and relief where individuals had completed court-ordered obligations—was passed by a vote of 92 yeas and 3 nays.
Summary of recorded outcomes (from floor transcript): - House Bill 16-44 (broadband tax credits): concurrence adopted, vote 128–0. - House Bill 11-29 (education facilities loan payments / Education Enhancement Fund adjustments): concurrence adopted, vote 116–0. - House Bill 1 (tax bill): see separate article for full debate; concurrence adopted, vote 92–27. - Multiple invite-conference/concurrence motions (HB1201, HB1341, HB1461, items 24/25/26 en bloc): motions adopted; numeric tallies not specified in transcript excerpts. - En bloc group of bills on general calendar (nonviolent offender bills): passed en bloc, vote 92–3.
