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2016 SESSION
SB 438 Higher educational institutions; social media accounts.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Public institutions of higher education; personal social media accounts. Prohibits a public or private institution of higher education from requiring a student to disclose the username or password to any of such student's personal social media accounts, as defined in the bill. The bill further provides that such a prohibition shall not prevent a campus police officer appointed by a public or private institution of higher education from performing his official duties.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102473D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16102473D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16106069D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB438ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102473D
- 01/12/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/16 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/04/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/08/16 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/08/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB438E
- 02/08/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16102473D-E
- 02/09/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/15/16 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/16 House: Read second time
- 03/02/16 House: Read third time
- 03/02/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/16 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 03/03/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/07/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16106069D-H1
- 03/09/16 House: Read second time
- 03/10/16 House: Read third time
- 03/10/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16106069D-H1
- 03/10/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB438H1
- 03/10/16 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/16 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
- 03/10/16 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/16 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 9-N 1-A)
- 03/10/16 Senate: Title replaced 16106069D-H1
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/11/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB438ER)
- 03/11/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/16/16
- 03/16/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 597 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597)