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House passes bill requiring clearer reporting mechanisms on platforms for child exploitation
Summary
HB 220, presented as a response to the Doe v. Twitter litigation, requires covered platforms to maintain conspicuous, usable reporting mechanisms for child sexual exploitation and strengthens the front end of the reporting process; the House passed the bill 97–0 after a technical amendment.
Representative Schlegel presented HB 220 as a legislative response to issues identified in Doe v. Twitter, emphasizing that some reporting mechanisms were hard to find, difficult to use, and burdened by login requirements. "HB 220 strengthens that front end of the process by requiring covered platforms to maintain an easy, clear, conspicuous, and usable reporting mechanism," Schlegel said on the floor.
Supporters said the bill will make it easier for the public to report child exploitation and ensure platforms do not create avoidable barriers before reports reach the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and law enforcement. The presenter offered a committee-style technical amendment to correct terminology about covered platforms; the amendment was adopted without objection.
The clerk recorded the final vote as 97 yays and 0 nays and the bill was finally passed. The House then moved to adopt the title and laid the motion on the table without objection.
