Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2278
Social media companies; require to file a report for any restriction of a candidate or elected official. Social media account.
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 MISSISSIPPI 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 13 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 SenateJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days
ElectionsJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 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 13 – Jan 31
- Jan 13Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Judiciary, Division A
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To Elections;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate