Updated 2/13/08 @ 4:30 p.m. Status of current bills: JTIP - HB 8:  Passed House Business and Industry; heard and tabled in House Appropriations and Finance. Corporate Income Reporting Options - HB 51:  Tabled in House Taxation and Revenue Committee (The Coalition opposes this bill). Cooperative Advertisings - HB 108:  Passed by House Business & Industry; awaiting hearing in House Appropriations. Extension of R&D Tax Credit - HB 325:  Ruled germane in House Rules; passed by House Business & Industry;  passed by House Taxation & Revenue; heard and passed by the House; extends the life of the research and development small business tax credit from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2013. Extension of High Wage Jobs Tax Credit - HB 326:  Ruled germane in House Rules; passed in House Business & Industry; passed by House Taxation & Revenue; heared and passed by the House; extends the life of the high-wage jobs tax credit for six more years from July 1, 2009 to July 1, 2015. Extension of High Wage Jobs Tax Credit - SB 174:  Ruled germane by Senate Rules; passed by Senate Corporations & Transportation; heard in Senate Finance and tabled with instructions to prepare an amendment to change the bill from making the credit permanent to extending the sunset to July 1, 2015 (same sunset as HB 326); passed by House Business & Industry; passed as amended (to match HB 326) by Senate Finance; passed by House Taxation & Revenue; heard and passed by the House. Business Incubators - SB 86:  Passed by Senate Corporations & Transportation; heard and tabled by Senate Finance. MainStreet Arts & Cultural District Funding - HB 440 (identical to SB 343), passed by House Business and Industry; heard and tabled in House Appropriations.  MainStreet Arts & Cultural Districts Funding - SB 343:  Ruled germane by Senate Committee on Committees; passed by Senate Public Affairs; awaiting hearing in Senate Finance. Send Page To a Friend