Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB282 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB282
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5	5	By Representatives Marques, Carns, Stadthagen, Sorrells,
6	6	Brown, Smith, Kiel, Oliver, Lipscomb, Paramore, Mooney
7	7	RFD: Commerce and Small Business
8	8	First Read: 13-Feb-25
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14	14	6 TA8D159-1 02/12/2025 THR (L)ma 2025-585
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16	16	First Read: 13-Feb-25
17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	This bill would prohibit a state or local agency
19	19	from entering into an agreement with a media monitoring
20	20	organization or a company that uses the services of a
21	21	media monitoring organization, or from providing
22	22	support to a media monitoring organization.
23	23	This bill would require any company attempting
24	24	to enter into an agreement with a state or local agency
25	25	to certify that the company will refrain from entering
26	26	into an agreement with a media monitoring organization
27	27	or a company that uses the services of a media
28	28	monitoring organization.
29	29	This bill would also require a contractor to
30	30	certify that the contractor has not entered into an
31	31	agreement with a media monitoring organization or a
32	32	company that uses the services of a media monitoring
33	33	organization before the contractor can modify an
34	34	agreement with a state or local agency.
35	35	A BILL
36	36	TO BE ENTITLED
37	37	AN ACT
38	38	Relating to state and local government; to prevent
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68	68	Relating to state and local government; to prevent
69	69	certain state and local agencies from entering into agreements
70	70	with media monitoring organizations; and to require such
71	71	agencies to take certain actions regarding contractors and
72	72	companies with relation to media monitoring organizations.
73	73	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
74	74	Section 1. For the purposes of this act, the following
75	75	terms have the following meanings:
76	76	(1) AGENCY. The state or any political subdivision of
77	77	the state; or any department, agency, division, council,
78	78	bureau, board, public corporation, educational institution, or
79	79	authority of the state or any political subdivision of the
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81	81	(2) COMPANY. Any sole proprietorship, organization,
82	82	association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
83	83	partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability
84	84	company, or other entity or business association, including
85	85	all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries,
86	86	parent companies, or affiliates of any entity or business
87	87	association, whether for profit or not for profit.
88	88	(3) MEDIA MONITORING ORGANIZATION. a. Any company
89	89	created to do either of the following:
90	90	1. Rate or rank news or information services for the
91	91	factual accuracy of their content, whether published online,
92	92	in print, by audio, or digitally, or broadcast via radio,
93	93	television, cable, streaming service, or any other way news is
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95	95	2. Provide ratings or rankings of new sources based on
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126	126	misinformation, bias, adherence to journalistic standards or
127	127	ethics, including, but not limited to, organizations that
128	128	claim to engage in fact-checking or determining overall news
129	129	accuracy.
130	130	b. The term does not include organizations that rate
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132	132	information or that monitor media outlets for the purposes of
133	133	compiling press or video clippings or aggregating news sources
134	134	for the purposes of public relations or public awareness,
135	135	unless an organization also engages in the activities
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137	137	Section 2. (a) An agency shall not do any of the
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139	139	(1) Enter into any contract or other agreement with any
140	140	media monitoring organization.
141	141	(2) Enter into any contract or agreement with any
142	142	advertising or marketing agency that uses the services of a
143	143	media monitoring organization.
144	144	(3) Provide support in any form to a media monitoring
145	145	organization, other than non discretionary actions otherwise
146	146	required by law.
147	147	(b) An agency shall require any company that submits a
148	148	bid or proposal for a contract for marketing services to
149	149	certify that the company is in compliance with subdivisions
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151	151	(c) An agency shall obtain from any contractor a
152	152	certification that the contractor is in compliance with
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184	184	or otherwise modifying an agreement or contract for
185	185	advertising or marketing services with the contractor
186	186	effective on October 1, 2025.
187	187	(d) Nothing in this act shall prevent an agency from
188	188	contracting for services which aggregate news articles or
189	189	information relevant to the agency or its constituents.
190	190	(e) Nothing in this act shall prevent a company from
191	191	providing analytical or statistical information on the
192	192	performance of advertisements placed by an agency.
193	193	Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
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