l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 426

Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and telephone facsimile solicitations as prohibitions under.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 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 REVISE THE JURISDICTION OF THE "MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT" BY PROHIBITING CERTAIN TEXT MESSAGES AND TELEPHONE FACSIMILE MACHINE SOLICITATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-711, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE WHO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A CONSUMER SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-723, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS MAY ONLY BE MADE BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS AND TO PROHIBIT SUCH SOLICITATIONS ON SUNDAYS OR LEGAL HOLIDAYS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 77-3-707, 77-3-709, 77-3-713, 77-3-715, 77-3-719 AND 77-3-725, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 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 House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives