The Florida Senate

CS/HB 1: Online Protections for Minors

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Sirois ; McFarland ; Rayner ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Altman ; Anderson ; Andrade ; Bankson ; Barnaby ; Basabe ; Bell ; Beltran ; Black ; Brackett ; Buchanan ; Canady ; Caruso ; Cassel ; Chamberlin ; Chambliss ; Duggan ; Fabricio ; Fine ; Garcia ; Gonzalez Pittman ; Gossett-Seidman ; Gregory ; Holcomb ; Jacques ; Killebrew ; LaMarca ; Leek ; Lopez, V. ; Maney ; Massullo ; Melo ; Mooney ; Overdorf ; Payne ; Persons-Mulicka ; Plakon ; Plasencia ; Rizo ; Roach ; Rommel ; Roth ; Salzman ; Smith ; Stark ; Stevenson ; Tant ; Temple ; Trabulsy ; Tramont ; Waldron

Online Protections for Minors; Requiring certain social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts and to verify the age of account holders; specifying the age verification methods the social media platform is required and authorized to offer; requiring certain social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions for knowing or reckless violations under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; providing penalties, etc.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (6)
• Bill Text (5)
• Amendments (11)
• Analyses (4)
• Vote History (6)
• Citations (3)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/5/2024	House	• Filed
1/9/2024	House	• Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee • Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/11/2024	House	• Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee • Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee • Now in Judiciary Committee
1/12/2024	House	• Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
1/17/2024	House	• Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee • Reported out of Judiciary Committee
1/18/2024	House	• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/23/2024) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
1/23/2024	House	• Read 2nd time • Amendment 177995 adopted • Amendment 592739 Failed • Amendment 160583 Failed • Amendment 010849 Failed • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar
1/24/2024	House	• Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 13
1/24/2024	Senate	• In Messages
1/25/2024	Senate	• Referred to Fiscal Policy • Received
2/12/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/15/2024	Senate	• Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Fiscal Policy (243784); YEAS 12 NAYS 5
2/16/2024	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
2/21/2024	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 427 • Amendment(s) adopted (901464) -SJ 430 • Placed on 3rd reading
2/22/2024	Senate	• Read 3rd time -SJ 445 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 23 NAYS 14 -SJ 445 • Immediately certified -SJ 450
2/22/2024	House	• In Messages • Added to Senate Message List • Amendment 901464 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 7 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2/23/2024		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
3/1/2024		• Vetoed by Governor; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2024-42); companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1491 (Ch. 2024-2024-54)

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1377 (er)	Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs	State Affairs Committee	Linked	Last Action: 3/1/2024 Vetoed by Governor; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1491 (Ch. 2024-54), CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2024-42)
H 3 (er)	Online Protections for Minors	Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 3/25/2024 Chapter No. 2024-42; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1491 (Ch. 2024-54)
H 1491 (er)	Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs	Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 4/3/2024 Chapter No. 2024-54; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2024-42)
S 454	Protection of Minors on Social Media Platforms	Garcia	Compare	Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Commerce and Tourism, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2024-42)
S 1788 (c1)	Social Media Use for Minors	Grall	Compare	Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Fiscal Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2024-42)
S 1792 (c1)	Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors	Grall	Compare	Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Fiscal Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2024-42)

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 1 Filed	1/5/2024 6:29 PM	PDF
H 1 c1	1/18/2024 8:47 AM	PDF
H 1 e1	1/23/2024 6:13 PM	PDF
H 1 e2	2/22/2024 7:16 PM	PDF
H 1 er	2/22/2024 7:23 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

H 1 Filed

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
504737 - Amendment Remove line 117 and insert:	Sirois	1/16/2024 3:19 PM	Adopted 1/17/2024	PDF

H 1 e1

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
969436 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Fiscal Policy (Hutson)	2/14/2024 12:00 PM	Replaced by Substitute Amendment 2/16/2024	Web Page PDF
243784 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Fiscal Policy (Hutson)	2/14/2024 2:18 PM	Favorable 2/16/2024	Web Page PDF

Floor Amendments

H 1 c1

Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
177995 - Amendment Remove lines 27-227 and insert:	Sirois	1/19/2024 3:23 PM	House: Adopted 1/23/2024	PDF
592739 - Amendment Remove lines 109-228 and insert:	Eskamani	1/19/2024 3:58 PM	House: Failed 1/23/2024	PDF
160583 - Amendment Remove lines 110-219 and insert:	Gantt	1/19/2024 3:53 PM	House: Failed 1/23/2024	PDF
813293 - Amendment Remove lines 110-128 and insert:	Gantt	1/19/2024 3:56 PM	House: Withdrawn 1/23/2024	PDF
010849 - Amendment Remove lines 110-219 and insert:	Eskamani	1/19/2024 3:56 PM	House: Failed 1/23/2024	PDF

H 1 e1

Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
243784 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Fiscal Policy	2/14/2024 2:18 PM	Senate: Replaced by Substitute Amendment 2/21/2024	Web Page PDF
901464 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (243784) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Grall	2/20/2024 3:46 PM	House: Concur 2/22/2024	Web Page PDF
193630 - Amendment to Substitute Amendment (901464) Between lines 108 and 109 insert:	Polsky	2/21/2024 9:21 AM	Senate: Failed 2/21/2024	Web Page PDF

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 1	Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting)	2/13/2024 4:48 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 1	Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting)	2/16/2024 2:20 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 1	Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	3/13/2024 4:19 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 1	Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting)	1/17/2024 5:59 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

Version	Committee	Date	Result
H 1 e1	Fiscal Policy	2/15/2024 12:00 PM	12 Yeas - 5 Nays

Vote History - Floor

Vote	Date	Chamber	Result
H 1 c1 - Amendment 160583	1/23/2024 4:05 PM	House	33 Yeas - 83 Nays
H 1 c1 - Amendment 010849	1/23/2024 4:15 PM	House	33 Yeas - 83 Nays
H 1 e1	1/24/2024 4:57 PM	House	106 Yeas - 13 Nays
H 1 e1	2/22/2024 9:51 AM	Senate	23 Yeas - 14 Nays
H 1 e1	2/22/2024 5:08 PM	House	108 Yeas - 7 Nays

Citations - Statutes (3)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
501.1736		Page 2 (pdf)
501.1737		Page 9 (pdf)
501.1738		Page 14 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.