Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2431
Intimate visual material; create civil and criminal liability for unlawful disclosure or promotion of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 95-17-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 95-17-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE LIABILITY FOR UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF CERTAIN VISUAL MATERIAL; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 95-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR DAMAGES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 95-17-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 95-17-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT REMEDIES UNDER THIS ACT ARE CUMULATIVE TO OTHER LAW; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 95-17-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR JURISDICTION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 95-17-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-29-67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL, AND TO ENACT DEFINITIONS AND PENALTIES; TO CREATE THE ACT OF "SEXTING" AS A DELINQUENT ACT WITHIN THE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF THE YOUTH COURT, TO CREATE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND TO CREATE DEFENSES; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 14 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 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
Judiciary, Division BFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 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 14 – Mar 3
- Feb 14Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division B and on Judiciary, Division A
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 14Referred To Judiciary, Division B;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate