2025 Regular SessionConnecticut Legislature

SB01295: An Act Concerning Social Media Platforms And Online Services, Products And Features.

Legislative Summary

To (1) require the owner of a social media platform to incorporate an online safety center into, and establish a cyberbullying policy for, the owner's social media platform, (2) redefine "heightened risk of harm to minors" to include processing minors' personal data in a manner that presents any reasonably foreseeable risk of harm to minors' physical or mental health, and (3) require the controller of an online service, product or feature that is offered to minors to (A) include a default setting in such service, product or feature to prevent adults from sending unsolicited communications to minors, (B) not use any system design feature to significantly increase, sustain or extend minors' use of such service, product or feature, and (C) disclose to the Attorney General a plan established and implemented to mitigate or eliminate any heightened risk of harm to minors.

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Bill History

2/13/2025
Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
Senate
2/14/2025
Public Hearing 02/19
Senate
3/21/2025
Joint Favorable Substitute
Senate
3/24/2025
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
Senate
4/2/2025
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/25 5:00 PM
Senate
4/8/2025
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
Senate
4/8/2025
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
Senate
4/8/2025
Senate Calendar Number 319
Senate
4/8/2025
File Number 576
Senate

Roll Call Votes

GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
3/21/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/13/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text4/8/2025125.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/11/202598.3 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note4/8/202544.5 KB
Analysis
Analysis4/8/2025117.4 KB