Mississippi House Bill 727 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
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 77-3-703, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Jurisdiction Of The "mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act" By Prohibiting Certain Text Messages And Telephone Facsimile Machine Solicitations; To Amend Section 77-3-705, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Definitions; To Amend Section 77-3-711, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Only Charitable Organizations And Those Who Have An Established Business Relationship With A Consumer Shall Be Exempt From The Act; To Amend Section 77-3-723, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Telephone Solicitations May Only Be Made Between Certain Hours And To Prohibit Such Solicitations On Sundays Or Legal Holidays; To Amend Sections 77-3-707, 77-3-709, 77-3-713, 77-3-715, 77-3-719 And 77-3-725, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

MS Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and telephone facsimile solicitations as prohibitions under.

Rep. Casey Eure [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Public Utilities

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0727.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0727IN.htm