Bill > H7013

Introduced Session

An act relating to technology transparency; creating s. 106.072, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting a social media platform from knowingly deplatforming a candidate; providing fines for violations; authorizing social media platforms to provide free advertising for candidates under specified conditions; providing enforcement mechanism; creating s. 287.137, F.S.; providing definitions; providing requirements for public contracts and economic incentives related to entities that have been convicted or held civilly liable for antitrust violations; prohibiting a public entity from entering into any type contract with a person or affiliate on the antitrust violator vendor list; providing applicability; requiring certain contract documents to contain a specified statement; requiring the Department of Management Services to maintain a list of people or affiliates disqualified from the public contracting and purchasing process; specifying requirements for publishing such list; providing procedures for placing a person or affiliate on the list; providing procedural and legal rights for a person or affiliate to challenge placement on the list; providing a procedure for placing a person temporarily on an antitrust violator vendor list; hb7013-00 HB 7013 providing procedural and legal rights for a person to challenge temporary placement on the list; specifying conditions for removing certain entities and affiliates from the list; authorizing a person, under specified conditions, to retain rights or obligations under existing contracts or binding agreements; prohibiting a person who has been placed on antitrust violator vendor list from receiving certain economic incentives; providing exceptions; providing enforcement authority; creating s. 501.2041, F.S.; providing definitions; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring specified actions against social media platforms for failure to comply with specified requirements and prohibitions; specifying requirements that must be contained when notification is given by a social platform for certain purposes; providing an exception to notification requirements; authorizing the department to investigate suspected violations under the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; specifying circumstances under which a private cause of action may be brought; specifying how damages are to be calculated; providing construction for violations of certain provisions of this act; specifying powers of the Department of Legal Affairs related to investigations related to acts of shadow hb7013-00 HB 7013 banning by social media platforms; granting the department specified subpoena powers; providing enforcement authority; amending s. 501.212, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing a severability clause; providing an effective date.

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Blaise Ingoglia (R)*,  Cord Byrd (R),  Thomas Leek (R),  Randy Maggard (R),  Rick Roth (R),  John Snyder (R), 

Other Sponsors (1)

Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7072 (Ch. 2021-32) (on 04/27/2021)

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