Florida House Bill 635 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits employer from requesting or requiring access to social media account of employee or prospective employee; prohibits employer from taking retaliatory personnel action against employee as result of employee's refusal to allow access to his or her social media account; prohibits employer from failing or refusing to hire prospective employee as result of prospective employee's refusal to allow access to his or her social media account; authorizes civil action for violation; provides penalty for violation; provides for recovery of attorney fees & court costs; specifies that employer is not prohibited from seeking access to social media accounts used primarily for employer's business purposes.

Social Media Privacy

Rep. Dwight Dudley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-11-17	House	Referred to Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee
2015-11-10	House	Filed

S0186 (Same As) 2016-03-11 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
448	077		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/635
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0635/BillText/Filed/PDF