Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Utilities Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2873
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; revise provisions and increase penalty.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 77-3-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TERMS "CONSUMER," "CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE" AND "TELEPHONE SOLICITATION" AS THEY RELATE TO THE MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-711, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-723, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS MAY BE MADE DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-725, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THE MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 77-3-737, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REPEALS THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Public UtilitiesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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 Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Utilities
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Public UtilitiesSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate