Online Children's Safety Protection Act; established, civil penalties.
Summary
Online Children's Safety Protection Act established;civil penalties. Creates the Online Children's Safety ProtectionAct, which requires certain duties of covered entities, defined inthe bill, to protect the best interests of children who use onlineservices, products, or features. The bill requires any covered entitythat provides an online service, product, or feature likely to beaccessed by a child to complete a data protection impact assessment,the details of which are described in the bill, within two yearsbefore any new online service, product, or feature is offered tothe public on or after July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits certainactions by covered entities and authorizes the Attorney General toimpose penalties and initiate actions against any covered entitythat violates the provisions of the bill.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2024
Last action Jan 31, 2024
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Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 18, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 18, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24104080D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
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