SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1042

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BEARDEN (Sponsor), KING, LEVIN, WILSON (42), DOLAN,

HUNTER, CRAWFORD, REINHART, MOORE, OSTMANN, HEGEMAN, MYERS AND CUNNINGHAM.

Pre-filed December 3, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 407, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to unsolicited electronic messages.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 407, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 407.1125, to read as follows:

407.1125. 1. No person may initiate the transmission, conspire with another to initiate the transmission, or assist the transmission of a commercial electronic mail message from a computer located in Missouri or to an electronic mail address that the sender knows, or has reason to know, is held by a Missouri resident that:

(1) Uses a third-party's Internet domain name without permission of the third party, or otherwise misrepresents or obscures any information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of a commercial electronic mail message; or

(2) Contains false or misleading information in the subject line.

2. For purposes of this section, a person knows that the intended recipient of a commercial electronic mail message is a Missouri resident if that information is available, upon request, from the registrant of the Internet domain name contained in the recipient's electronic mail address.


Missouri House of Representatives