Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 671
Mississippi 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
February 6 to March 3, 2020, 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 6 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days
Public UtilitiesFeb 6 to Mar 3 · stopped26 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 6 – Mar 3
- Feb 6Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 6Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives