Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 13, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2578
Mississippi Public Records Act; exempt text messages unless messages are related to the business of the public body.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 25-61-11.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, UNLESS THE MESSAGES ARE RELATED TO THE BUSINESS OF THE PUBLIC BODY; 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 20 to February 13, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 13 · stopped24 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 20 to Jan 3010 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 13
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 30Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 13Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 13Died On CalendarSenate