HB 1902 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Taxation; revise various tax credits.

HB 1902 revises Mississippi's tax credit system for charitable contributions, primarily affecting taxpayers who donate to qualifying organizations. The bill increases the annual limit for tax credits on contributions to eligible charities supporting children in foster care, education, or with disabilities, and extends until July 2029 the deadline for allocating credits for certain investments. It also reduces available credits under other sections of law to offset these changes. Organizations must certify compliance with specific requirements, including no abortion funding, and taxpayers must submit documentation to claim credits. The bill was amended but ultimately failed in the 2025 legislative session.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Mar 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 8 edits
MODERATE
This bill significantly rewrites Mississippi's charitable tax credit programs, primarily expanding funding limits for child welfare and pregnancy resource organizations while adding new provisions for low-income health care and transitional housing. The legislation also introduces a new program for public benefit corporations to finance public infrastructure projects and extends the deadline for qualified equity investments in community development.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of tax credit programs from primarily child welfare and pregnancy resources to include transitional housing for homeless individuals, low-income health care services, and public infrastructure financing through new public benefit corporation provisions.
FISCAL

Increased aggregate tax credit limits for child welfare organizations from $18 million to $40 million for 2025 and beyond, with 50% reserved for licensed child protection services organizations and 50% for educational services organizations.

Created new tax credit programs for contributions to organizations providing transitional housing for homeless persons and low-income health care services through physician and nurse practitioner contracts.

Reduced tax credit limits for pregnancy resource centers from $3.5 million to $7 million for 2025 and beyond, with a 25% cap on contributions to any single organization.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new eligibility criteria requiring organizations to certify they do not provide, pay for, or financially support abortion services or coverage.

SCOPE

Established a new public benefit corporation program allowing public entities to create special-purpose corporations to finance public property and facilities using New Markets Tax Credit transactions.

TIMELINE

Extended the deadline for Mississippi Development Authority to allocate income and insurance premium tax credits for qualified investments from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2029.

REQUIREMENT

Added annual reporting requirements for qualified community development entities to report industry codes, investment amounts, and job assistance data to the Mississippi Development Authority.

DEFINITION

Added new definitions for 'public benefit corporation,' 'public entity,' 'public property or facilities,' and 'New Markets Tax Credit transaction' to support the new infrastructure financing program.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2025 · House Feb 26, 2025

How they voted

2326
Failed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Mar 18, 2025
D Democratic16
16 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican35
23 Yea 10 Nay 2
65% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2025
Vote failed
Senate Vote: fail (23-26-2)
senate
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Referred To Finance
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred To Ways and Means
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Trey Lamar
RRepublican
MS
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