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Senate Finance Committee reports a slate of bills out of committee; voice votes recorded
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Summary
The committee reported multiple bills out by voice vote, including measures on DOR lien verification, Advantage Jobs administrative changes, BioCassatt industrial zone annexation protections, Work and Save retirement plan, commemorative coins authorization, and towing-notification tightening; most passed as title-sufficient or committee substitutes.
The Senate Finance Committee reported a series of measures out of committee by voice vote during the session. Items acted on in committee included:
- SB 21-91: Broadened municipal use-tax spending to include sidewalks and removed restrictive language tying use tax solely to roads and bridges; bill reported out.
- SB 22-57: Allowed housing-authority/private partnerships that access tax credits to remain in an insurance pool; committee reported out.
- SB 28-35: Permitted used auto-part dealers and scrap processors to use DOR-approved third-party lien databases for out-of-state-titled vehicles; committee reported out.
- SB 28-50: Committee substitute tidying the Advantage Jobs incentive program administration and preparing the program for potential sunsetting; committee adopted the sub and reported it out.
- SB 28-63 and SB 28-62: Established the Bayou Cassatt/BioCassatt industrial zone and related annexation code sections to protect an industrial area in eastern Jackson County from municipal annexation; both measures were reported out.
- SB 28-85: Mississippi Work and Save voluntary IRA program administered by the state treasurer; committee reported out.
- SB 28-74 (conceptual strike-all / SB 28-74 amendment): Committee adopted an amendment to remove cent-rounding language and authorize the treasurer to mint one-ounce gold and silver commemorative coins under contract, with profits to the general fund (20% for treasurer administration); committee reported the amended measure out.
- SB 28-48: Tightened towing notification requirements (require certified mail via third-party vendor, shorter timeframes) and added DOR lien-removal procedures for worthless vehicles; committee reported out.
In most cases the committee announced passage by voice vote; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies or named vote counts. Where committee substitutes or amendments were proposed, the transcript records adoption by voice vote.
