---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social Media Platforms"
description: "Social Media Platforms; Prohibiting a social media platform from willfully deplatforming a candidate; providing requirements for public contracts and economic incentives related to entities that have been convicted or held civilly liable for antitrust violations; providing that social media platforms that fail to comply with specified requirements and prohibitions commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to investigate suspected violations under the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and bring specified actions for such violations, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 7072"
citation: "Florida SB 7072 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ports and harbors"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-32"
primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6ede4a3-a54c-4dfc-8e50-f87fefa3a551"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/ByCategory"
source_hash: "424ad7b010d5be2c0c5a426d54ffc677e6d2a7d710bc16f7a2ba03cc60d9335c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 7072 (2021) — Social Media Platforms

Social Media Platforms; Prohibiting a social media platform from willfully deplatforming a candidate; providing requirements for public contracts and economic incentives related to entities that have been convicted or held civilly liable for antitrust violations; providing that social media platforms that fail to comply with specified requirements and prohibitions commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to investigate suspected violations under the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and bring specified actions for such violations, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-32.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 7072 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7072 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7072 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 7072 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Returning Messages — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–9** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **77–38** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **78–41** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **22–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-04-01** Submitted for consideration by Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2021-04-01** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/06/21, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-04-06** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 3 NAYS 2
- **2021-04-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-19** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 10 NAYS 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Passed; YEAS 22 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 942955 filed
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 942955 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed as amended; YEAS 78, NAYS 41 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (811008)
- **2021-04-29** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (942955)
- **2021-04-29** Passed as amended; YEAS 23 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 811008 Concur
- **2021-04-29** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s)
- **2021-04-29** Passed as amended; YEAS 77, NAYS 38 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-25** Chapter No. 2021-32, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7074 (Ch. 2021-33)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6ede4a3-a54c-4dfc-8e50-f87fefa3a551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).