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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 309

Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; add certain political calls to "no-call".

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-703, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT CERTAIN POLITICAL CALLS ARE CONSIDERED TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE PROHIBITED POLITICAL CALLS IN THE DEFINITION OF SOLICITATION; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-709, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT PERSONS EXEMPT FROM THE NO-CALL LIST CANNOT MAKE PROHIBITED POLITICAL CALLS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

1 co-sponsor

W. T. Mayhall, Jr.

Its course

January 7 to February 3, 2009, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days

Public UtilitiesJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 7 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published