PARENTAL DIGITAL CHOICE ACT
Summary
Creates the Parental Digital Choice Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Sammy's Law. Provides that, before August 1, 2025, or within 30 days after a service becomes a large social media platform after August 1, 2025, a large social media platform provider shall create, maintain, and make available to any third-party safety software provider a set of third-party-accessible real-time application programming interfaces, including any information necessary to use the interfaces, by which a child, if the child is 13 years of age or older, or a parent or legal guardian of a child, may delegate permission to the third-party safety software provider to: (1) manage the child's online interactions, content, and account settings on the large social media platform on the same terms as the child; and (2) initiate secure transfers of user data from the large social media platform in a commonly used and machine-readable format to the third-party safety software provider. Sets forth disclosure requirements to the child and the parents or guardians of a child; requirements of third-party safety software providers; and liability of third-party safety software providers. Provides that a violation of any of the provisions of the Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change. Effective June 1, 2025.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2024
Last action Apr 19, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
2
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 19, 2024
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 19, 2024
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 009-000-000
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jen Gong-Gershowitz
DDemocratic
Co
Ann Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Anne Stava
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Morgan
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Welch
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Didech
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Vella
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Meyers-Martin
DDemocratic
Co
Eva-Dina Delgado
DDemocratic
Co
Joyce Mason
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Hernandez
DDemocratic
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