ConnecticutHB 054742025 Regular SessionHouse

AN ACT CONCERNING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND MINORS.

Sponsored By: Committee on Children

Failed

Summary

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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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Committee on Children

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 30 • No: 4

House vote • 1/28/2025

KID Vote Tally Sheet (Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing)

Yes: 0 • No: 0

House vote • 1/28/2025

KID Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)

Yes: 15 • No: 2

House vote • 1/28/2025

KID Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)

Yes: 15 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. File Number 184

    3/24/2025legislature
  2. House Calendar Number 137

    3/24/2025House
  3. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

    3/24/2025House
  4. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

    3/24/2025legislature
  5. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/25 12:00 PM

    3/17/2025legislature
  6. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

    3/10/2025legislature
  7. Joint Favorable

    3/6/2025legislature
  8. Referred to Joint Committee on Children

    2/25/2025legislature
  9. Drafted by Committee

    2/24/2025legislature
  10. Vote to Draft

    2/18/2025legislature
  11. Public Hearing 02/06

    1/31/2025legislature
  12. Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing

    1/28/2025legislature
  13. Referred to Joint Committee on Children

    1/17/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • File No. 184

    3/24/2025

  • Committee Bill

    3/6/2025

  • KID Joint Favorable

    3/6/2025

  • Proposed Bill

    1/17/2025

  • Bill Analysis For File Copy 184

  • Fiscal Note For File Copy 184

  • KID Joint Fav. Rpt

  • KID Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)

  • KID Vote Tally Sheet (Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing)

  • KID Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)

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