Florida House Bill 7013 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-04-27 - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7072 (Ch. 2021-32)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates cause of action against social media platform for unlawful practices related to censoring deplatforming or shadow banning; specifies instances when private cause of action may be brought; specifies calculation of damages; specifies powers of DLA related to investigations of social media platforms; provides requirements for public contracts & economic incentives related to entities who have been convicted or held civilly liable for antitrust violations; requires DMS to maintain antitrust violator vendor list; provides procedural & legal rights for person to challenge placement on list; prohibits person on antitrust violator vendor list from receiving certain economic incentives; prohibits social media platforms from knowingly deplatforming candidate; specifies fines.

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House Commerce Committee	Sen. Blaise Ingoglia [R]	Rep. Cord Byrd [R]	Rep. Tom Leek [R]
Rep. Randy Maggard [R]	Rep. Rick Roth [R]	Rep. John Snyder [R]

2021-04-06 - House - House Judiciary Committee (Y: 12 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-03-15 - House - House Appropriations Committee (Y: 19 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-27	House	Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7072 (Ch. 2021-32)
2021-04-20	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2021-04-20	House	Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
2021-04-15	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
2021-04-06	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2021-04-06	House	Bill released to House Calendar
2021-04-06	House	Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2021-04-06	House	Favorable by Judiciary Committee
2021-04-02	House	Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2021-03-15	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2021-03-15	House	Reported out of Appropriations Committee
2021-03-15	House	Favorable by Appropriations Committee
2021-03-11	House	Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
2021-03-09	House	Now in Appropriations Committee
2021-03-09	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-03-09	House	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2021-03-05	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-03-05	House	Filed

H7015 (Related) 2021-04-27 - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7074 (Ch. 2021-33), SB 7072 (Ch. 2021-32)
S520 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7072 (Ch. 2021-32)
S7072 (Similar To) 2021-05-25 - Chapter No. 2021-32, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7074 (Ch. 2021-33)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
106	072		Amended Code	See Bill Text
287	137		Amended Code	See Bill Text
501	2041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
501	212		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7013
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7013/BillText/Filed/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7013/Analyses/h7013.APC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7013/Analyses/h7013a.APC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7013/Analyses/h7013b.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7013/Analyses/h7013c.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7013/Analyses/h7013z.COM.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=58361&IsPCB=0&BillId=72870
Roll Call	https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=60005&IsPCB=0&BillId=72870