Discussion
It looks like a House committee is wanting to move forward with #KOSA and other such bills:
No date set yet, that I can see, just "next week".
Govtrack page for House-flavor #KOSA:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr6484
Deep breaths. Reminder that the House and Senate versions of #KOSA are written by people who fundamentally disagree with each other.
The House committee markup for #KOSA will be this Thursday morning.
The markup on Thursday for #KOSA and related bills is looking to be a fustercluck. #KOSA got stapled together into a superbill (the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act) with other pieces of proposed legislation, including the SCREEN Act (age verification imposed for all adult sites). The Republicans are insisting on a version of #KOSA that is less of a neutron bomb than the Senate version, thanks to lacking the "duty of care" provision. It also differs from the Senate version when it comes to pre-empting state laws. Compare sec. 221 there with Title III of the Senate version:
https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H_R_7757_Kids_Internet_and_Digital_Safety_Act_8850eda43f.pdf
Both of these changes would make for a better (though still bad) law, and I believe that both are opposed by the Democrats, who are gung-ho for Helen Lovejoy action.
I heard about this development here:
