---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and solicitations for charitable contributions."
description: "Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and solicitations for charitable contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2821"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2821 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities", "Energy", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doty"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/710ae6a0-0afa-4f0c-968c-fc4445e475de"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "e28c34d7c7066941b155c9ce63a80be394a2280fe99bafcf11d0b7175ff7b143"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi SB 2821 (2019) — Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and solicitations for charitable contributions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2821IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2821.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2821PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2821_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2821SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doty — primary (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: EN To AC
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Lamar, Beckett, Steverson)
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Doty,Harkins,Polk
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Beckett,Bounds,Steverson
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/710ae6a0-0afa-4f0c-968c-fc4445e475de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).