The House Commerce Committee is reviewing a bipartisan Senate proposal on children’s privacy, but Democrats see their privacy bill language as the proper base text for comprehensive legislation, said Syd Terry, chief of staff for House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.
Opponents are debating the legacy of a 2018 anti-sex trafficking law as the Senate prepares to take up a similar Section 230-related measure in the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (see 2202100071). Courts, meanwhile, continue to iron out case law on Communications Decency Act liability protections.
The Senate Commerce Committee is considering a potential markup for bipartisan children’s privacy legislation introduced last week (see 2202160055), Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., told us Thursday.
Expect the Senate Commerce Committee to mark up bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday that’s meant to improve child safety online, Senate Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and ranking member Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told reporters.
Georgia’s Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee passed a social media bill Tuesday modeled after Texas and Florida laws that were enjoined by federal district courts (see 2202100068). SB-393 advanced 6-5 and now goes to the Rules Committee.
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Earn It Act by voice vote Thursday (see 2202090050 and 2202010019). Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., vowed to push a companion measure forward in the House. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., told us he’s going to “fight” the bill “every step of the way.”
Expect a House suspension vote soon on one of the Judiciary Committee’s less controversial antitrust bills, House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline, D-R.I., and ranking member Ken Buck, R-Colo., told us Tuesday.
Senators will try to attach mandatory cyber incident reporting language to must-pass legislation or other vehicles in the near future, Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., told us Tuesday.
The House passed semiconductor-funding legislation 222-210 on a largely party-line vote Friday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and lawmakers are looking ahead to conference talks to combine elements of the newly House-passed America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act (HR-4521) and Senate-passed U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S-1260) (see 2202010001).
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 21-1 Thursday to advance to the floor another major piece of legislation aimed at regulating the tech industry. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was the only member against the Open App Markets Act. S-2710 would open up app store competition for Apple and Google (see 2108110055). The committee passed a bill last week that would ban Big Tech platforms from unfairly self-preferencing products (see 2201200066).