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CS/SB 186: Social Media Privacy

GENERAL BILL by Commerce and Tourism ; Clemens

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 against an employee as a result of the employee’s refusal to allow access to his or her social media account; prohibiting an employer from failing or refusing to hire a prospective employee as a result of the prospective employee’s refusal to allow access to his or her social media account, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2016
 Last Action: 3/11/2016 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
8/26/2015 Senate • Filed
9/15/2015 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 16
9/28/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 10/05/15, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
10/5/2015 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 127
10/7/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Judiciary -SJ 127
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 16
• CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time -SJ 109
3/11/2016 Senate • Died in Judiciary