l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2389

Telecommunications Fraud Prevention and Utility Infrastructure Protection Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "TELECOMMUNICATIONS FRAUD PREVENTION AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION TO EMPLOY FRAUD AND ENFORCEMENT AGENTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE FRAUD AND ENFORCEMENT AGENTS TO ENFORCE AND INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT, CALLER ID ANTI-SPOOFING ACT, AUTOMATIC DIALING-ANNOUNCING DEVICES ACT, UNSOLICITED RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONIC SALES CALLS ACT, AND CERTAIN UNLAWFUL ACTS AND CRIMES; TO GRANT LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS TO THE FRAUD AND ENFORCEMENT AGENTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION TO PURCHASE ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE MUTUAL AID AND TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; TO PROHIBIT THE EXPANSION OF ANY REGULATORY JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION; 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

1 co-sponsor

Chuck Younger

Its course

February 13 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 SenateFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days

EnergyFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 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 Feb 13 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published