Mississippi Senate Bill 2391

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-14 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Enact The Uniform Civil Remedies For Unauthorized Disclosure Of Intimate Images Act; To Define Terms; To Create A Civil Cause Of Action; To Provide That A Depicted Individual Suffers Harm From A Person's Intentional Disclosure Or Threatened Disclosure Of An Intimate Image Has A Cause Of Action Against The Person If The Depicted Individual Did Not Consent To The Disclosure, The Intimate Image Was Private, And The Depicted Individual Was Identifiable; To Provide Certain Exceptions To Civil Liability; To Provide Certain Privacy Protections For A Plaintiff Filing A Cause Of Action Authorized By This Act; To Provide That A Plaintiff Shall Be Entitled To (1) The Greater Of Economic And Noneconomic Damages Or Statutory Damages Not To Exceed A Certain Sum, (2) An Amount Equal To Any Monetary Gain Made By The Defendant From Disclosure Of The Intimate Image, And (3) Punitive Damages Under Section 11-1-65; To Authorize The Award Of Attorney's Fees To A Prevailing Plaintiff Under This Act; To Prescribe A Period Of Limitation For The Cause Of Action Authorized In This Act; To Provide That This Act Must Be Construed Consistently With Certain Federal Law; To Provide That In Applying And Construing This Uniform Act, Consideration Must Be Given To The Need To Promote Uniformity Of The Law With Respect To Its Subject Matter Among States That Enact It; And For Related Purposes.

Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act; enact.

Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]

Sen. Mike Thompson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-14	Senate	Died On Calendar
2024-03-04	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2024-02-12	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2391.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2391IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2391CS.htm