l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 1172

Social media company community standards; require court to issue injunction when plaintiff demonstrates violation of by a defendant's communications on social media platform.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE A COURT OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TO ISSUE AN INJUNCTION WHEN A PLAINTIFF DEMONSTRATES THE VIOLATION OF A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY'S COMMUNITY STANDARDS OR POLICIES BY A DEFENDANT'S COMMUNICATIONS ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY'S PLATFORM; TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TO ENJOIN THE DEFENDANT, ANY SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY THAT DISTRIBUTES, HOSTS OR DISSEMINATES THE DEFENDANT'S COMMUNICATION, OR ANY CORPORATE SPONSOR OF THE DEFENDANT; TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TO CONSIDER FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ENJOINED AS A FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE DEFENDANT HAS VIOLATED A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY'S COMMUNITY STANDARDS OR POLICIES; TO PROVIDE THAT A CRIMINAL CONVICTION RELATED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION SHALL BE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO MERIT THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMANENT INJUNCTION UNDER THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 97-45-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "HARASS"; 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

Judiciary AJan 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. Jan 18Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives