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HB327Introduced in the House

Income tax; authorize tax credit for companies engaged in television productions.

Failed

Introduced by John Lamar, District 8

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Official description

An Act To Provide An Income Tax Credit For A Portion Of Certain Expenditures Made By Companies Engaged In The Production In Mississippi Of Scripted Or Unscripted Series, Content Or Pilot Episodes Intended For Broadcast Or Streaming; To Define Certain Terms; To Establish The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Provide That, If The Amount Of The Tax Credit Claimed By A Production Company Exceeds The Amount Of Income Tax Liability Of The Production Company For A Taxable Year, The Production Company May Carry The Excess Credit Forward For Ten Years; To Provide That In Lieu Of Claiming A Tax Credit, The Production Company May Elect To Claim A Rebate In The Amount Of 75% Of The Amount It Would Be Eligible To Claim As A Credit; To Amend Sections 57-89-7 And 57-89-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Where it stands

Died In Committee

March 17, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Passed · February 25, 2026

117

Yes

1

No

4

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Bill history

  1. Referred To Ways and Means

  2. Title Suff Do Pass

  3. Passed

  4. Transmitted To Senate

  5. Referred To Finance

  6. Died In Committee

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