It was a very successful week for Senator Andre Jacque.
On top of the two bills that advanced to the governor’s desk, the New Franken legislator also had six bills get voted out of committee, four of which are aimed at protecting children.
This includes Assembly Bill 962, which would require app store providers to verify the age of users and to enforce age-based restrictions and safety features to protect kids.
That bill snuck by in the Assembly Committee on Children and Families on a vote of 5-4.
Meanwhile, Assembly Bill 963 passed the same committee on a 6-3 vote.
This bill would require social media platforms to use reasonable means to identify the age of users, and if the user is a minor, several safety features must be activated.
Assembly Bill 961, which would require warning labels to be displayed on explicit online content, was passed on a 7-2 vote.
Sen. Jacque noted, “This bill does not prohibit lawful content, it simply requires that commercial distributors must take responsible, reasonable steps to provide advance warning and protect minors from unintentional exposure to explicit sexual material.”
The final child-focused bill is Assembly Bill 918, which passed the Assembly Committee on Children and Families on a bipartisan 7-2 vote.
This bill would require district teaching of human growth and development to include adoption education.
Also passing committee votes were the No Patient Left Alone Act, and Assembly Bill 209, which would secure hundreds of millions in funding for the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act.
