l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2620

Cyberstalking; authorize injunction when criminal charges filed.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division 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 WHERE 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 THE FILING OF 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 Senate

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 SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division 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 Senate Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 18Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate