l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2250

Digital privacy; labor and employment protections.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER FROM REQUESTING OR REQUIRING THAT AN EMPLOYEE OR APPLICANT DISCLOSE ANY USER NAME, PASSWORD OR OTHER MEANS ACCESSING A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OR SERVICE THROUGH CERTAIN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES; TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER FROM TAKING, OR THREATENING TO TAKE, CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FOR AN EMPLOYEE'S REFUSAL TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN PASSWORD AND RELATED INFORMATION; TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER FROM FAILING OR REFUSING TO HIRE AN APPLICANT AS A RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S REFUSAL TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN PASSWORD AND RELATED INFORMATION; TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYEE FROM DOWNLOADING CERTAIN UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION OR DATA TO CERTAIN WEBSITES OF WEB-BASED ACCOUNTS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER, BASED ON THE RECEIPT OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE USE OF CERTAIN WEBSITES OR CERTAIN WEB-BASED ACCOUNTS, IS NOT PREVENTED FROM CONDUCTING CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; 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

Its course

January 10 to February 4, 2014, 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 4 · stopped25 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 10 to Feb 4 · 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 Senate Jan 10 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Labor
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published