Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB710: Sales tax; exempt sales of children's diapers and adult diapers.
Status: Failed, February 26, 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM SALES TAXATION SALES OF CHILDREN'S DIAPERS AND ADULT DIAPERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 27-65-111, mississippi code of 1972, to exempt from sales taxation sales of children's diapers and adult diapers; and for related purposes.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM SALES TAXATION SALES OF CHILDREN'S DIAPERS AND ADULT DIAPERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 27-65-111. The exemptions from the provisions of this chapter which are not industrial, agricultural or governmental, or which do not relate to utilities or taxes, or which are not properly classified as one (1) of the exemption classifications of this chapter, shall be confined to persons or property exempted by this section or by the Constitution of the United States or the State of Mississippi. No exemptions as now provided by any other section, except the classified exemption sections of this chapter set forth herein, shall be valid as against the tax herein levied. Any subsequent exemption from the tax levied hereunder, except as indicated above, shall be provided by amendments to this section. No exemption provided in this section shall apply to taxes levied by Section 27-65-15 or 27-65-21. The tax levied by this chapter shall not apply to the following: (a) Sales of tangible personal property and services to hospitals or infirmaries owned and operated by a corporation or association in which no part of the net earnings inures …
Sponsors
- Remak, Kimberly (R, 7) · primary sponsor
- Hale, Jeff (R, 24)
- Hall, Rodney (R, 20)
- Harris, W.I. (R, 28)
- Kinkade, Bill (R, 52)
- McCray, Hester Jackson (D, 40)
- Varner, Lance (R, 62)
- Butler-Washington, Grace (D, 69)
- James-Jones, Timaka (D, 51)
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Ways and Means
Votes
- Passed (February 12, 2026): 110 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Sales tax
Common questions
- What is HB710?
- HB710 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Sales tax; exempt sales of children's diapers and adult diapers.
- What does HB710 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend section 27-65-111, mississippi code of 1972, to exempt from sales taxation sales of children's diapers and adult diapers; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB710?
- Failed as of February 26, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB710?
- Remak, Kimberly (R, 7), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB710?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0710.xml
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