l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 467

Biometric Identifiers Privacy Act; establish.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS PRIVACY ACT"; TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO DEFINE TERMS RELATING TO BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS; TO REQUIRE PRIVATE ENTITIES IN POSSESSION OF BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS TO DEVELOP A POLICY THAT ESTABLISHES A RETENTION SCHEDULE AND GUIDELINES FOR DESTROYING THE BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS OF INDIVIDUALS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT COLLECT BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON THE REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL, A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT COLLECTS BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE INDIVIDUAL HIS OR HER BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER AND INFORMATION RELATED TO THE USE OF SUCH BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER; TO PROVIDE FOR A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR INDIVIDUALS ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BRING AN ACTION AGAINST A PRIVATE ENTITY WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

3 co-sponsors

Otis Anthony, Jeffrey Hulum III, Stephanie Foster

Its course

January 12 to January 31, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Jan 31 · stopped19 days

Judiciary AJan 12 to Jan 31 · stopped19 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 12 – Jan 31

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