HB 1634 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Income tax; extend repealer for new cut and sew jobs in upholstered furniture industry and bring forward certain statutes.

HB 1634 extends a tax credit for businesses in Mississippi's upholstered furniture industry that hire new "cut and sew" workers. It allows qualifying businesses to claim $2,000 annually per full-time employee in these new jobs for five years, continuing until 2029 (previously set to expire earlier). The bill also brings forward existing alcohol beverage statutes (like permit fees) for potential future amendments, though it does not change current alcohol regulations. This directly affects furniture manufacturers creating new jobs in upholstery cutting and sewing that didn't exist before 2010. The bill died in committee on March 4, 2025, and did not become law.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 9 edits
MAJOR
This bill extends the repeal date of a tax credit for upholstered furniture manufacturers from 2026 to 2029, allowing them to continue claiming credits for new jobs. It also brings forward and amends multiple sections of alcohol beverage laws to update permit fees, add new permit types (such as food truck and delivery service permits), modify tax rates, and establish new rules for wine shipping and on-premises sales.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of alcohol beverage regulations by adding new permit categories and modifying existing ones, while extending the timeline for furniture manufacturer tax credits.
TIMELINE

Extended the repeal date of the upholstered furniture manufacturing tax credit from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2029, allowing businesses more time to claim credits for new jobs.

Set effective dates for various provisions, with most alcohol-related changes taking effect July 1, 2025, and some provisions having different effective dates through 2026.

DEFINITION

Added a specific definition for 'full-time employee' as someone working at least 35 hours per week for furniture manufacturer tax credit purposes.

Added a definition for 'new cut and sew job' as a job in which employees cut and sew upholstery for upholstered household furniture that did not exist in the state before January 1, 2010.

REQUIREMENT

Added new permit types including food truck permit, delivery service permit, on-premises tobacco permit, hospitality cart permit, and event venue retailer's permit.

Added new rules for wine shipping into Mississippi, including requirements for purchaser approval, shipment limits (10 cases per year per purchaser), and carrier reporting requirements.

FISCAL

Updated various permit fees for alcohol beverage permits, with some fees increased and new fees established for additional permit types.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified eligibility requirements for various permits, including new restrictions on permit ownership and distance restrictions from churches and schools with numerous exceptions.

ENFORCEMENT

Added new enforcement provisions including penalties for violations of wine shipping rules and requirements for criminal background checks for permit applicants.

Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

1140
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 119
Feb 11, 2025
D Democratic39
39 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican78
73 Yea 5
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Finance
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Ways and Means
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Fred Shanks
Fred Shanks
RRepublican
MS
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