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HB1072Introduced in the House

Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; create for contributions by hiring parties to independent contractors' portable benefit accounts.

Failed

Introduced by Lee Yancey, District 74

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act To Be Known As The "voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Authorize A Hiring Party To Voluntarily Contribute Funds To The Portable Benefit Account Owned By An Independent Contractor; To Authorize A Hiring Party To Withhold Funds From The Compensation Owed To An Independent Contractor For The Contribution To The Person's Portable Benefit Account; To Authorize A Deduction From A Hiring Party's Taxable Income For Contributions To A Portable Benefit Account; To Exclude Contributions To A Portable Benefit Account From The Determination Of An Independent Contractor's Taxable Income; To Amend Sections 27-7-17 And 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Where it stands

Died In Committee

March 3, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Passed · February 4, 2026

119

Yes

0

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

122 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Referred To Business and Commerce

  2. Title Suff Do Pass

  3. Passed

  4. Transmitted To Senate

  5. Referred To Insurance;Finance

  6. Died In Committee

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