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House Bill 463

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Last Action	03/08/24: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to the protection of children using social media.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	1082
Sponsors	S. Dietz, K. Banta, S. Bratcher, J. Calloway, B. Chester-Burton, N. Wilson
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; specify what entities are subject to this Act; require digital service providers to register the age of the user; specify the duties of digital services providers relating to agreements with minors; require digital service providers to develop internal controls to prevent minors from being exposed to obscene matter, create parental monitoring tools, prevent advertising certain goods and services to minors, and provide information related to algorithms and content promotion; provide that digital service providers are not required to disclose trade secrets; provide exceptions for when a digital service provider may share a minor's personally identifying information; require digital service providers to develop a commercially reasonable method for verifying caregivers; require digital service providers to create a method for a minor's verified caregiver to gain access to a minor's personally identifying information; provide that the Department for Community Based Services has authority over the powers of a verified caregiver for minors in its custody; provide that a violation of the Act is a deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce; provide that a parent or guardian has a private right of action for violations.
Index Headings of Original Version	Data Processing - Digital service providers, duties to minors Obscenity and Pornography - Digital service providers, duties to minors Parental Rights - Digital service providers, parental monitoring tools Attorney General - Digital service providers, duties to minors, enforcement Children and Minors - Digital service providers, duties to minors Commerce - Digital service providers, duties to minors Consumer Affairs - Digital service providers, duties to minors
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1 House Floor Amendment 1
Votes	Vote History

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02/05/24	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/26/24	to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
02/28/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/29/24	2nd reading, to Rules
03/01/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024
03/04/24	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/05/24	3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
03/06/24	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/08/24	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except make severability clause noncodified language.
Index Headings	Technical Corrections - HB 463

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Dietz
Summary	Keep original provisions except specify that this Act does not apply to any educational services provider that operates a digital service that is subject to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, 15 U.S.C. sec. 6501 et seq., and primarily provides educational services to children or educational agencies or institutions.
Index Headings	Data Processing - Digital service providers, duties to minors, exemption Children and Minors - Digital service providers, duties to minors, exemption Commerce - Digital service providers, duties to minors, exemption Consumer Affairs - Digital service providers, duties to minors, exemption

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