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Subcommittee advances substitute for Senate Bill 854 to limit minors’ daily social media use, adopts substitute in concept
Summary
The subcommittee voted 7–0 to report Senate Bill 8 54 as substituted after the sponsor described a substitute that removes an "addictive feed" provision and instead sets a default one-hour-per-day limit for minors with parental control and an adjusted age threshold.
The Subcommittee on Communications, Technologies and Innovations voted unanimously to report Senate Bill 8 54 as substituted after the sponsor presented a late-filed substitute that changes the bill’s approach to social media use by minors.
Senator Van Bokkenberg told the subcommittee the substitute removes the prior “addictive feed” language and instead requires platforms to “limit a minor's use of the service or application to 1 hour per day per service or application and allow a parent to increase or decrease the daily time limit.” The substitute also narrows the age threshold to protect minors under 16 (rather than under 18 in earlier drafts), restricts…
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