AN ACT CONCERNING BROADBAND INTERNET, GAMING, SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE SERVICES AND CONSUMER CONTRACTS.
To (1) require the owner of a social media platform to incorporate an online safety center into, and establish a cyberbullying policy for, the owner's social media platform, (2) redefine "heightened risk of harm to minors" to include processing minors' personal data in a manner that presents any reasonably foreseeable risk of harm to minors' physical or mental health, and (3) require the controller of an online service, product or feature that is offered to minors to (A) include a default setting in such service, product or feature to prevent adults from sending unsolicited communications to minors, (B) not use any system design feature to significantly increase, sustain or extend minors' use of such service, product or feature, and (C) disclose to the Attorney General a plan established and implemented to mitigate or eliminate any heightened risk of harm to minors.
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| Text of Bill | |
| Public Act No. 25-113 [doc] | |
| File No. 576 [doc] | |
| GL Joint Favorable Substitute [doc] | |
| Raised Bill [doc] |
| Called Amendments | |
| Senate Schedule A LCO# 10466 (D) [doc] |
| Uncalled Amendments | |
| Senate LCO Amendment #10405 (D) [doc] |
| Votes | |
| House Roll Call Vote 339 AS AMENDED | |
| Senate Roll Call Vote 353 | |
| Senate Roll Call Vote 352 |
| Committee Actions | |
| GL Joint Fav. Rpt | |
| GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) |
| Bill Analyses | |
| Bill Analysis for SB-1295, as amended by Senate "A" | |
| Bill Analysis For File Copy 576 |
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Bill History
| Date | Action Taken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/2025 | Signed by the Governor | ||
| 6/23/2025 | Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor | ||
| 6/23/2025 | Transmitted to the Secretary of State | ||
| 6/11/2025 | (LCO) | Public Act 25-113 | |
| 6/3/2025 | In Concurrence | ||
| 6/3/2025 | House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 6/3/2025 | House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 6/3/2025 | Rules Suspended | ||
| 6/3/2025 | House Calendar Number 686 | ||
| 6/3/2025 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House | ||
| 6/3/2025 | Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17 | ||
| 6/3/2025 | Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 6/3/2025 | Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 10466 | ||
| 4/8/2025 | (LCO) | File Number 576 | |
| 4/8/2025 | Senate Calendar Number 319 | ||
| 4/8/2025 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate | ||
| 4/8/2025 | (LCO) | Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 4/2/2025 | (LCO) | Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/25 5:00 PM | |
| 3/24/2025 | (LCO) | Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 3/21/2025 | (GL) | Joint Favorable Substitute | |
| 2/14/2025 | Public Hearing 02/19 | ||
| 2/13/2025 | Referred to Joint Committee on General Law |
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