Mississippi Senate Bill 2347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit An Employer From Requesting Or Requiring That An Employee Or Applicant Disclose Any User Name, Password Or Other Means Accessing A Personal Account Or Service Through Certain Electronic Communications Devices; To Prohibit An Employer From Taking, Or Threatening To Take, Certain Disciplinary Actions For An Employee's Refusal To Disclose Certain Password And Related Information; To Prohibit An Employer From Failing Or Refusing To Hire An Applicant As A Result Of The Applicant's Refusal To Disclose Certain Password And Related Information; To Prohibit An Employee From Downloading Certain Unauthorized Information Or Data To Certain Websites Of Web-based Accounts; To Provide That An Employer, Based On The Receipt Of Certain Information Regarding The Use Of Certain Websites Or Certain Web-based Accounts, Is Not Prevented From Conducting Certain Investigations For Certain Purposes; To Define Certain Terms; And For Related Purposes.

Digital privacy; labor and employment protections.

Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Labor

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2347.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2347IN.htm