Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1127
Telephone solicitations; expand to include certain political phone calls.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-703, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT SHALL GOVERN CALLS MADE FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE TELEPHONE CALLS MADE FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT, TELEPHONE CALLS MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUSH POLLING AND PROHIBITED POLITICAL CALLS IN THE DEFINITION OF "TELEPHONE SOLICITATION" SO THAT THOSE CALLS ARE PROHIBITED WHEN CONSUMERS NOTIFY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THEIR OBJECTIONS TO RECEIVING SUCH CALLS; TO DEFINE "PUSH POLLING"; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 77-3-609, 77-3-709 AND 77-3-711, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Public UtilitiesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives