Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Technology Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2704
Texting; require software companies to utilize encryption software.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT CONCERNING ENCRYPTION OF TEXT MESSAGES; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO REQUIRE THAT SOFTWARE PROVIDERS FOR WIRELESS DEVICES ENCRYPT TEXT MESSAGES SENT AND RECEIVED USING THE PROVIDER'S WIRELESS SERVICE AND TEXT MESSAGING SOFTWARE; TO DETERMINE WHEN THIS ACT IS APPLICABLE; TO ALLOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING AN ACTION AGAINST VIOLATORS OF THIS ACT; TO BAR LIABILITY OF THE NETWORK PROVIDER OVER WHICH THE TEXT MESSAGE IS SENT; 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
February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 SenateFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
TechnologyFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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 Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the Senate committee on Technology
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To TechnologySenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate