Bill Summary

SB 868 Social Media Use by Minors (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Ingoglia  CS Sponsors: Commerce and Tourism
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Summary
Social Media Use by Minors; Requiring social media platforms to provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption when law enforcement obtains a warrant or subpoena; requiring social media platforms to allow a parent or legal guardian of a minor account holder to view all messages; prohibiting minor account holders from using or accessing messages that are designed to disappear or self destruct, or are ephemeral in nature, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
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committees of reference
   S Commerce and Tourism
   S Judiciary
   S Rules
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Actions
02/19/25
SENATE
Filed
02/28/25
SENATE
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules
03/20/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Commerce and Tourism, 03/25/25, 8:30 am, 110 S
03/25/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Commerce and Tourism; 7 Yeas, 2 Nays
03/26/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/26/25
SENATE
Now in Judiciary
03/27/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 S
04/01/25
SENATE
Favorable by Judiciary; 9 Yeas, 2 Nays
04/02/25
SENATE
Now in Rules
04/11/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 K
04/16/25
SENATE
Favorable by Rules; 21 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/16/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/21/25
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
04/24/25
SENATE
Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (736458); Passed (Vote: 34 Yeas / 3 Nays)
04/24/25
SENATE
Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/24/25
HOUSE 
In Messages
05/03/25
HOUSE 
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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bill text & filed amendments
0868
Filed on 02/19/25
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Amendment 588638 DE
Ingoglia
Filed on 03/24/25
Replaced by CS
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0868C1
Filed on 03/26/25
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Amendment 274324
Ingoglia
Filed on 03/31/25
Withdrawn
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Amendment 736458 LF
Ingoglia
Filed on 04/24/25
Adopted on 2nd Reading
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0868E1
Filed on 04/24/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
501.1736
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