Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2573
Social media companies; require to file a report for any restriction of a candidate or elected official.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-823, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY THAT RESTRICTS A CANDIDATE OR ELECTED OFFICIAL TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC INSPECTIONS OF ANY REPORTS AS WELL AS A PROCEDURE FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO ALLEGE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; 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
January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
ElectionsJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Elections;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate