Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Technology Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2529
Social media; require accountability, responsibility and transparency.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2022" RELATING TO CENSORSHIP OR CERTAIN OTHER INTERFERENCE WITH DIGITAL EXPRESSION, INCLUDING EXPRESSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS; TO DECLARE THE FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE; TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO REQUIRE AN ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY THAT MUST BE PUBLISHED. TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT THAT MUST BE PUBLISHED; TO REQUIRE AN ACCESSIBLE COMPLAINT SYSTEM; TO REQUIRE THAT COMPLAINTS BE CONSIDERED AND ADDRESSED; TO REQUIRE AN APPEALS SYSTEM; TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION TO USERS CONCERNING REMOVED CONTENT; TO AUTHORIZE RECOVERY OF COSTS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INCURRED IN ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT; TO INSULATE THE ACT FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
TechnologyJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Technology
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To TechnologySenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate