Florida House Bill 337 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits covered businesses from manufacturing, distributing, or selling certain devices unless device contains active & operating filter that blocks Internet access to specified types of sexually oriented material, prostitution, assignation, lewdness, & human trafficking; provides for injunctive relief for violations; provides requirements for consumer to have such filter deactivated; requires filter deactivation fee & provides for collection & distribution thereof; prohibits distribution or sale of certain devices without filters to minors & adults; requires covered businesses to respond to reports of obscene material that has breached filter; requires covered businesses to unblock nonobscene material; exempts certain websites from filtering; authorizing Office of Statewide Prosecution to prosecute violations.

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Rep. Ross Spano [R]	Sen. Lori Berman [D]	Rep. John Cortes [D]	Rep. Katie Edwards [D]
Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen [R]	Sen. Clay Yarborough [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-05	House	Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
2017-05-05	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-02-06	House	Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; Commerce Committee
2017-01-20	House	Filed

S0870 (Similar To) 2017-05-05 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	56		Amended Code	See Bill Text
847	0143		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/337
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0337/BillText/Filed/PDF