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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1295

AN ACT CONCERNING BROADBAND INTERNET, GAMING, SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE SERVICES AND CONSUMER CONTRACTS.

Became law as Public Act 25-113, signed June 24, 2025, 131 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

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.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Saud Anwar

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Hubert D. Delany

    Its course

    February 13 to June 24, 2025, 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 action22 actions on 10 days

    In the SenateFeb 13 to Jun 3110 days

    General Law CommitteeFeb 13 to Mar 2136 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJun 3 to Jun 30 days

    Waiting to be sentJun 3 to Jun 2320 days

    With the GovernorJun 23 to Jun 241 day

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 3

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    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 13 – Jun 3

    1. Feb 13Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
    2. Feb 14Heard in General Law Committee
    3. Mar 21General Law Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Jun 3The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    5. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    In the House of Representatives Jun 3

    1. Jun 3Sent to the House of Representatives
    2. The House of Representatives adopted Senate Amendment A
    3. Passed the House of Representatives with Senate Amendment A

    To the Governor Jun 11 – Jun 24

    1. Jun 11Numbered Public Act 25-113
    2. Jun 23Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Sent to the Governor
    4. Jun 24Signed by the Governor
    All 22 actions, as published
    1. Feb 13REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 14PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 21Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 24FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 2REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 8RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 8FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 8SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 8FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Jun 3SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    11. Jun 3SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    12. Jun 3TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17Both houses
    13. Jun 3FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    14. Jun 3HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    15. Jun 3RULES SUSPENDEDHouse of Representatives
    16. Jun 3HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    17. Jun 3HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    18. Jun 3IN CONCURRENCEHouse of Representatives
    19. Jun 11PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    20. Jun 23TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    21. Jun 23TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
    22. Jun 24SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor