TO CREATE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY ACT; TO REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA; AND TO CLARIFY LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ILLEGAL RETENTION OF DATA.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Mar 9, 2023
Signed Apr 11, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 5, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB396 is now Act 689
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
upper
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 27, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tyler Dees
RRepublican
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