Kentucky Senate Bill 111 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-13 - to Committee on Committees (S)
Pending: Senate Committee on Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 establishing that the owner or operator of a social media Web site is subject to a private cause of action by a social media Web site user in this state under specified conditions; establish entitlement to damages, including the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs; specify that hate speech shall not constitute a defense to violation of this Act; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action on behalf of a social media Web site user; establish a violation under deceptive trade practices; provide exceptions for deletion or censoring of certain types of speech; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to social media Web sites.

Sen. Robert Mills [R]

Sen. Phillip Wheeler [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-01-13	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb111.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb111/orig_bill.pdf