l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 544

Stop Social Media Censorship Act; create.

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 CREATE THE "STOP SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES; TO AUTHORIZE A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE USER TO BRING A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE FOR CENSORING THE WEBSITE USER'S POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR USING AN ALGORITHM TO DISFAVOR, SHADOWBAN OR CENSOR THE USER'S RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR POLITICAL SPEECH; TO PROVIDE FOR DAMAGES RELATING TO A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE; 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

1 co-sponsor

Brady Williamson

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. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published