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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 148

AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS UNENFORCEABLE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 19, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To prohibit publishers of electronic books and digital audiobooks from including certain restrictions in contracts or license agreements with libraries in the state.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

5 co-sponsors

Saud Anwar, Tony Hwang, Martha Marx, Norman Needleman, Christine Cohen

In the House of Representatives

    32 co-sponsors

    David Michel, Tom Delnicki, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Jennifer Leeper, Aundre Bumgardner, Gary A. Turco Jr., Matt Blumenthal, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Sarah Keitt, Travis Simms, Frank Smith, Josh Elliott, Anne M. Hughes, Lucy Dathan, Christine Palm, Rachel Khanna, Joseph P. Gresko, Mary Welander, Amy Morrin Bello, William Heffernan, Hubert D. Delany, Kai J. Belton, Michael D'Agostino, Juan R. Candelaria, Tracy Marra, Raghib Allie-Brennan, Robin E. Comey, Hector Arzeno, Kate Farrar, Christopher Poulos, John-Michael Parker, Stephen R. Meskers

    Its course

    February 15 to March 19, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

    In the SenateFeb 15 to Mar 19 · stopped33 days

    Planning and Development CommitteeFeb 15 to Mar 115 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly 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 General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 15 – Mar 1

    1. Feb 15Introduced and sent to Planning and Development Committee
    2. Feb 16Heard in Planning and Development Committee
    3. Mar 1Planning and Development Committee recommended it
    All 9 actions, as published
    1. Feb 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 16PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 1Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 4FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 13REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 19RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 19FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Mar 19SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Mar 19FILE NO.Both houses