Mississippi House Bill 73 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit Certain Retailers And Retail Establishments From Using Embedded Technology Programs In Self-checkout Terminals Or Self-service Checkouts To Scan Information On A Consumer's Driver's License To Verify The Age Of Consumer Attempting To Purchase Certain Items; To Require The Age Verification Be Performed By An Employee Of The Retail Establishment When Age Verification Is Necessary To Complete A Purchase; To Limit The Use Of Such Technology To Law Enforcement Agencies, Its Employees And Officers Of The Court While In The Performance Of Their Official Authorized Employment Duties; To Provide For A $1,000.00 Fine For Violations; And For Related Purposes.

Retailers; prohibit use of self-checkout terminals to scan consumer's driver's licenses to verify age.

Rep. John Hines [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-04	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0073.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0073IN.htm