2025 Regular Session Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact. AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-99-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH A SHORT TITLE FOR THE MISSISSIPPIANS' RIGHT TO NAME, LIKENESS AND VOICE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-99-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE TERMS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-99-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS A PROPERTY RIGHT IN THEIR OWN NAME, LIKENESS AND VOICE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-99-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN LIABILITY FOR PERSONS OR ENTITIES WHO INFRINGE ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHTS UNDER THIS ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-99-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE TO CIVIL ACTIONS BROUGHT UNDER THIS ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-99-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE LIABILITY FOR THE COMMERCIAL USE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, VOICE OR LIKENESS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-99-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO STATE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ACT TO OTHER LAWS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ACT IS SEVERABLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/09/25 at 22:42 S B 2220 Senate Bill 2220 SB 2220 S Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2025 Universities and Colleges T ../../House_cmtes/UC.xml Judiciary A F ../../House_cmtes/JA.xml Universities and Colleges F ../../Senate_cmtes/UC.xml Blackmon ../../Senate_authors/Blackmon.xml McLendon ../../Senate_authors/McLendon.xml Butler ../../Senate_authors/Butler.xml Simmons (13th) ../../Senate_authors/Simmons_(13th).xml 1 01/20 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges 2 02/03 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/13 (S) Amended 4 02/13 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2025/pdf/votes/senate/0380022.pdf 5 02/17 (S) Transmitted To House 6 02/18 (H) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Judiciary A 7 03/04 (H) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2220PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2220PS.htm ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2220IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2220IN.htm ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2220PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2220PS.htm Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2220_S_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2025/html/sam/SB2220_S_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 2 Adopted ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2220_S_Amend_02.pdf ../../../../../documents/2025/html/sam/SB2220_S_Amend_02.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2220.pdf