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Bill 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. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2021 SB 7072 Florida SB 7072 (2021)
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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
  2. S 7072 pb (committee substitute) — source
  3. S 7072 e1 (engrossed) — source
  4. S 7072 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Returning Messages — 2317 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable — 109 (pass) · upper
  • Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — 32 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 7738 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 7841 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 2217 (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; origin ocd-bill/e6ede4a3-a54c-4dfc-8e50-f87fefa3a551. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).