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2007 Regular Session

House Bill 7294

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT DIGITAL MEDIA AND MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on March 27, 2007. The 2007 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To amend the state's film production tax credit by (1) adding a tax credit for contributions to a digital media and motion picture fund, (2) further clarifying the definition of "production expenses or costs", (3) increasing the eligible production expenses or costs from $50,000 to $250,000, (4) allowing credits not only against the corporation tax, but against other business taxes and the personal income tax, (5) including provision for figuring production costs for a series, (6) clarifying the transferability of the credits, and (7) making other clarifying changes.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Gerald M. Fox III, Jack F. Hennessy, Russell A. Morin, Elizabeth B. Ritter

Its course

February 28 to March 27, 2007, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 28 to Mar 27 · stopped27 days

Commerce CommitteeFeb 28 to Mar 1515 days

Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeMar 15 to Mar 27 · stopped12 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 28 – Mar 15

  1. Introduced and sent to Commerce Committee
  2. Heard in Commerce Committee
  3. Commerce Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
All 7 actions, as published