Mississippi House Bill 728 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 79-1-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Corporation From Using Any Money Or Other Property Of The Corporation In Connection With A Political Expenditure Unless The Stockholders, By A Certain Vote, Have Authorized In Advance A Certain Amount Of Money Or Property That May Be Used For Certain Political Expenditures And Directed That The Money Or Property Be Used For Certain Purposes; To Require Stockholder Consideration Of Political Expenditures To Occur At An Annual Or Special Meeting; To Require A Corporation To Give And, Under Certain Circumstances, Post A Certain Notice Within A Certain Period Of Time After Making A Political Expenditure; To Require The Annual Report Of A Corporation To Contain Certain Information About Political Expenditures; To Authorize The Attorney General, Under Certain Circumstances, To Bring A Civil Action To Obtain Certain Remedies For A Violation Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Corporations; require certain actions to be taken before political expenditures may be made.

Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0728.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0728IN.htm