Connecticut House Bill 5474

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 17 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Children
Pending: Joint Joint Committee on Children Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

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.

An Act Concerning Social Media Platforms And Minors.

House Committee on Children	Rep. Kathy Kennedy [R]	Rep. Trenee McGee [D]	Rep. Rebecca Martinez [D]
Rep. William Heffernan [D]

2025-02-18 - Joint - KID Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft) (Y: 15 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Joint - KID Vote Tally Sheet (Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-25	House	Referred to Joint Committee on Children
2025-02-24	House	Drafted by Committee
2025-02-18	House	Vote to Draft
2025-01-31	House	Public Hearing 02/06
2025-01-28	House	Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Joint Committee on Children

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05474&which_year=2025
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05474-R00-HB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05474-R01-HB.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05474-R00KID-CV16-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05474-R00KID-CV38-TS.PDF