Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 7
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
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 CALLS MADE FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 77-3-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE TELEPHONE CALLS MADE FOR THE POLITICAL SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO A POLITICAL CANDIDATE AS A FORM OF TELEPHONE SOLICITATION THAT IS PROHIBITED WHEN A CONSUMER NOTIFIES THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF HIS OR HER OBJECTION TO RECEIVING SUCH CALLS; 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
January 3 to January 31, 2017, 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 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
Public UtilitiesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 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 3 – Jan 31
- Jan 3Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 3Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives