The Florida Senate

CS/HB 743: Social Media Use by Minors

GENERAL BILL by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee ; Salzman ; Sirois ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Benarroch ; Plakon

Social Media Use by Minors; Requires social media platforms to allow parents or guardians & law enforcement officers to view messages & prohibit minor account holders from using or accessing certain messages.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/19/2025	House	• Filed
  2/26/2025	House	• Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  3/4/2025	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/17/2025	House	• PCS added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
  3/19/2025	House	• Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  3/21/2025	House	• Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
  3/24/2025	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) • Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
  3/26/2025	House	• Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Now in Commerce Committee
  4/21/2025	House	• Added to Commerce Committee agenda

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• CS/HB 743, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/21/2025 at 9:43 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/21/2025 (pdf) Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2025 (pdf) Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/21/2025 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 868 (c1)	Social Media Use by Minors	Ingoglia	Similar	Last Action: 4/21/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  620621 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Salzman	4/21/2025 7:04 PM		PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  501.1736	Social media use for minors.	Page 1 (pdf)

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• HB 743, Original Filed Version Posted 2/19/2025 at 9:45 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 868	Social Media Use by Minors	Ingoglia	Identical	Last Action: 4/21/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  501.1736	Social media use for minors.	Page 1 (pdf)

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