TN HB0682 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-26 - Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 26 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-26 - Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, designates social media platforms as common carriers and requires the entities to obtain certificates of public convenience and necessity from the Tennessee public utilities commission; prescribes fines against social media platforms that deplatform and shadow ban users based on political ideology, viewpoint, or personal animus, or discrimination based on race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47 and Title 65.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 47 and Title 65, relative to social media.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-26 | House | Returned to the Clerk's Desk. |
| 2024-03-20 | House | Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/26/2024 |
| 2024-03-19 | House | Action Def. in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee to 3/26/2024 |
| 2024-03-13 | House | Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/19/2024 |
| 2024-03-12 | House | No Action Taken |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/12/2024 |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Business & Utilities Subcommittee |
| 2024-01-17 | House | Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 1/23/2024 |
| 2023-03-21 | House | Action Def. in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2024 |
| 2023-03-15 | House | Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/21/2023 |
| 2023-03-14 | House | Action Def. in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee to 3/21/2023 |
| 2023-03-08 | House | Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/14/2023 |
| 2023-02-01 | House | Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-01 | House | P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee-- Government Operations for Review |
| 2023-01-30 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2023-01-26 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB0111 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-19 - Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024
