CS/SB 868: Social Media Use by Minors
GENERAL BILL by Commerce and Tourism ; Ingoglia
Social Media Use by Minors; Requiring social media platforms to provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption when law enforcement obtains a warrant or subpoena; requiring social media platforms to allow a parent or legal guardian of a minor account holder to view all messages; prohibiting minor account holders from using or accessing messages that are designed to disappear or self destruct, or are ephemeral in nature, etc.
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/19/2025 Senate • Filed
2/28/2025 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules
3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/25/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
3/25/2025 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 7 NAYS 2
3/26/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Judiciary
• CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
4/1/2025 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 2
4/2/2025 Senate • Now in Rules
4/11/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/16/2025 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/21/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
4/24/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 552
• Amendment(s) adopted (736458) -SJ 552
• Read 3rd time -SJ 553
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 3 -SJ 553
4/24/2025 House • In Messages
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CS/SB 868, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/24/2025 at 4:41 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 743 (c2) Social Media Use by Minors Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/24/2025 H Added to Second Reading Calendar 
Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 501.1736 Social media use for minors. Page 1 (pdf) -
CS/SB 868, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/26/2025 at 11:18 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)
Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2025 (pdf)
Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/15/2025 (pdf)
Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/16/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 743 (c2) Social Media Use by Minors Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/24/2025 H Added to Second Reading Calendar
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 274324 - Amendment
Between lines 117 and 118 insert:Judiciary
(Ingoglia)3/31/2025
3:37 PMWithdrawn
4/2/2025Web Page
PDFFloor Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format 736458 - Amendment
Delete lines 39 - 107 and insert:Ingoglia 4/24/2025
11:13 AMSenate: Adopted
4/24/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 4/1/2025 4:00 PM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 2 Nays 4/16/2025 8:30 AM Rules 21 Yeas - 0 Nays Floor Votes (1)
Date Chamber Result 4/24/2025 3:43 PM Senate 34 Yeas - 3 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 501.1736 Social media use for minors. Page 1 (pdf) -
SB 868, Original Filed Version Posted 2/19/2025 at 9:20 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 3/24/2025 (pdf)
Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 743 (c1) Social Media Use by Minors Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 4/24/2025 H Added to Second Reading Calendar
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 588638 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Commerce and Tourism
(Ingoglia)3/24/2025
8:30 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/25/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/25/2025 8:30 AM Commerce and Tourism 7 Yeas - 2 Nays 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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