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CS/CS/CS/SB 52: Student Use of Social Media Platforms

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Appropriations Committee on Education ; Education Pre-K -12 ; Burgess ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Osgood ; Avila ; Calatayud ; Garcia

Student Use of Social Media Platforms; Requiring members of the instructional staff of public schools to provide instruction on the social, emotional, and physical effects of social media to students in specified grades; requiring that district school board codes of student conduct include a prohibition against students using wireless communications devices during instructional time and authorization for teachers to withhold a student’s device, with an exception for use at the direction of the teacher; requiring each school district to prohibit and prevent students from accessing social media platforms through the use of Internet access provided by the school district, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 4/18/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 379 (Ch. 2023-36) -SJ 422
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education Pre-K -12 (ED)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Education (AED)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/1/2022 Senate • Filed
12/15/2022 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K -12; Appropriations Committee on Education; Fiscal Policy
1/30/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K -12, 02/07/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2/7/2023 Senate • CS by Education Pre-K -12; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2/9/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Education
3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
• CS by Education Pre-K -12 read 1st time -SJ 109
3/9/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Education, 03/14/23, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/14/2023 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
3/16/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Fiscal Policy
3/21/2023 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education read 1st time
3/23/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/28/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
3/28/2023 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
3/29/2023 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
3/30/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/04/23
4/4/2023 Senate • Retained on Calendar
4/13/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
4/18/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 422
• Substituted CS/HB 379 -SJ 422
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 379 (Ch. 2023-36) -SJ 422