l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 1145

State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES ADMINISTERING PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE MONETARY OR NONMONETARY ASSISTANCE, BENEFITS OR SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FROM PUBLICLY DISCLOSING ANY PERSONAL OR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE AGENCY FROM THE APPLICANTS IN SUCH MANNER AS TO REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF THE APPLICANTS; TO SPECIFY THE TYPE OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES; TO PROVIDE THAT BEFORE ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED BY A STATE AGENCY FROM AN APPLICANT MAY BE PROVIDED TO A PERSON OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE AGENCY, THE AGENCY SHALL REDACT ALL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FROM THE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED; TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT IS A MISDEMEANOR; 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

Its course

January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published