l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2202

Images or audio altered or created by digitization; criminalize dissemination of in certain circumstances.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CRIMINALIZE THE UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE OR NONINTIMATE IMAGE OR AUDIO CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION WHERE THE IMAGE OR AUDIO IS DISSEMINATED OR PUBLISHED WITH INTENT TO CAUSE HARM TO THE EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL OR PHYSICAL WELFARE OF ANOTHER PERSON AND THE ACTOR KNEW OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE PERSON DEPICTED DID NOT CONSENT TO SUCH DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CRIMES INCLUDE THE USE OF IMAGES OR AUDIO CREATED OR ALTERED BY DIGITIZATION, WHERE SUCH PERSON MAY REASONABLY BE IDENTIFIED FROM THE IMAGE OR AUDIO ITSELF OR FROM INFORMATION DISPLAYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE IMAGE OR AUDIO; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE CRIME; 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

2 co-sponsors

David Parker, Bradford Blackmon

Its course

January 20 to March 4, 2025, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 617 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 20 to Jan 299 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 4 · stopped26 days

Judiciary BFeb 10 to Mar 4 · stopped22 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 20 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 6Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 7 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 7Sent to the House
  2. Feb 10Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 6PassedSenate
  4. Feb 7Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 10Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives