Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
House Bill 48
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; provide further restrictions on those soliciting consumers.
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 WHAT CONSUMERS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-723, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TIME THAT TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS MAY BE MADE UNDER THE ACT; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF VOICE RECORDED MESSAGES BY TELEPHONE SOLICITORS WHEN SOLICITING CONSUMERS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS ARE NOT ANSWERED OR RETURNED BY CONSUMERS THEN TELEPHONE SOLICITORS ARE PROHIBITED FROM CALLING CERTAIN CONSUMERS AT ANY FUTURE TIME; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN SOLICITATIONS ARE MADE TO CONSUMERS, NO FALSE INFORMATION MAY BE ENTERED INTO THE CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICES OF THE CONSUMERS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 11 to February 5, 2013, 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 11 to Feb 5 · stopped25 days
Public UtilitiesJan 11 to Feb 5 · stopped25 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 11 – Feb 5
- Jan 11Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 11Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives