l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 279

TikTok application; prohibit use of on state-issued devices.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 9, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT STATE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING WORK-RELATED FUNCTIONS FROM DOWNLOADING OR USING THE TIKTOK APPLICATION ON ANY DEVICE ISSUED BY THE STATE; TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF SUCH APPLICATION FROM GOVERNMENT-ISSUED DEVISES; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, TO DEVELOP STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR ALL STATE AGENCIES REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF ANY COVERED APPLICATION FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSISTENT WITH THE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY SPECIFIED IN LAW; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-53-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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

De'Keither A. Stamps

Its course

January 9 to February 9, 2023, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 9 to Feb 9 · stopped31 days

Judiciary BJan 9 to Jan 2617 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentPending

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 9 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 9Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Feb 9Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 9Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 9Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives