SB 1106
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: TAT DP 4-3-0-0 | 3
rd
Read 16-13-1-0
House: COM DPA 6-4-0-0 | 3
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Read 31-27-1-0-1
Final Pass: 16-12-2-0
SB 1106: social media platforms; standards; notification
Sponsor: Senator Rogers, LD 7
Transmitted to the Governor
Overview
Requires a social media platform (Platform) to publish censorship standards relating to
deplatforming users.
History
A social media platform is an organization that provides a service for public users to disseminate
speech, expression, information or other content to other users or the public and includes both
the organization and any of its officers, agents, employees, contractors or any other person
employed by or acting on behalf of the social media platform, as well subcontractors or entities
used to conduct fact-checking or any other activities relating to content modulation.
Provisions
Social Media Platforms (Sec. 1)
1. Specifies a Platform may deplatform a candidate for public office as allowed under the federal
Communications Decency Act of 1996 from the date of the candidate's qualification to the
date of the election or cessation of candidacy.
2. Stipulates the Secretary of State may, upon finding that a Platform has violated the candidate
deplatforming restriction, impose a civil penalty of:
a) $250,000 per day for deplatforming a candidate for statewide office; and
b) $25,000 per day for deplatforming a candidate for any other office.
3. Mandates the Platform to publish the standards used for determining how it will deplatform
the Platform's users.
4. Includes specified penalties for an employee who violates social media platform laws.
5. Specifies social media platform laws do not prohibit an employee from engaging in lawful
actions within the official authority of the employee for the purposes of either:
a) exercising legitimate law enforcement functions directly related to specified actions; or
b) safeguarding or preventing the unlawful dissemination of properly classified state security
information.
6. Defines pertinent terms.
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note