Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2254
Mississippi Right of Publicity Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-95-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH A SHORT TITLE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIGHT OF PUBLICITY ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-95-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-95-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR APPLICATION OF THE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-95-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENUMERATE THE RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-95-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSFERABILITY OF RIGHTS COVERED UNDER THE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-95-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT FOR COMMERCIAL USE OF THE RIGHTS ENUMERATED UNDER THE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-95-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO STATE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ACT TO THE COMMON-LAW RIGHT OF PUBLICITY; 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 10 to February 1, 2011, 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 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 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 10 – Feb 1
- Jan 10Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 10Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate