Child Online Safety Modernization Act of 2023
Latest action · Aug 8, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 8, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 8, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Original | Aug 8, 2023 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Aug 29, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Oct 30, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jan 25, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Feb 9, 2024 | |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 19, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 8, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 8, 2023Introduced in House
- Aug 8, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 134, August 8, 2023, page H4172.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-50 | MEMBER DAY40 pages | Judiciary Committee | Nov 3, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1207 | EARN IT Act of 2023 | Related bill | May 15, 2023 |
| HR 2732 | EARN IT Act of 2023 | Related bill | Apr 26, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modernize online child protection laws.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Child Online Safety Modernization Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 8, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
