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CS/CS/SB 198: Social Media Privacy

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Commerce and Tourism ; Clemens ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Latvala

Social Media Privacy; Prohibiting an employer from requesting or requiring access to a social media account of an employee or prospective employee; prohibiting an employer from taking retaliatory personnel action for an employee’s failure to provide access to his or her social media account; prohibiting an employer from failing or refusing to hire a prospective employee who does not provide access to his or her social media account; specifying that an employer is not prohibited from seeking access to social media accounts under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2014
 Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Judiciary (JU)
  4. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/25/2013 Senate • Filed
10/8/2013 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 25
2/10/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/17/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2/17/2014 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 -SJ 138
2/18/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/19/2014 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 138
3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 25
• CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time -SJ 117
3/10/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/13/14, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/13/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 243
3/14/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/17/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 246
3/18/2014 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 243
5/2/2014 Senate • Died in Judiciary