Mississippi House Bill 1301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 25-61-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Public Records Act To Clarify That Public Access To Certain Information That Is Not Exempt Under The Act, Even Though Contained In Proprietary, Sensitive Or Other Software, Will Not Be Diminished Because Components Of Data Are Stored In A Certain Manner; To Amend Section 25-61-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Person Denies Access To A Public Record That Is Not Exempt Under The Act, The Civil Penalty May Be Imposed On That Person In His Personal Capacity; And For Related Purposes.

Public records; access not diminished because stored in certain manner.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Rep. William Arnold [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB1301.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1301IN.htm