Mississippi Senate Bill 2750 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 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 Create New Section 25-9-120.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit State Agencies From Using Radio And Television Advertising To Promote Agency Programs, Except In Certain Instances; To Amend Section 25-9-120, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Bidding Of Agency Advertising Contracts, And To Provide A Procedure For Bidding Contracts For Television And Radio Advertising When Procured With Federal Funds; To Provide That A Person Who Is A Candidate For Public Office Shall Not Appear In, Or Lend His Or Her Name, Image Or Voice To Any Public Service Announcement Or Any Advertisement That Is Produced On Behalf Of Any State-administered Program Or Paid For With Public Funds, From The Time That The Person Qualifies As A Candidate From Public Office Until The Time The Person Is No Longer A Candidate For Public Office; And For Related Purposes.

State agencies; prohibit radio and TV advertising to promote agency programs except in certain instances.

Sen. Melanie Sojourner [R]

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2750.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2750IN.htm