PRINTER'S NO. 3750
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2588
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MARCELL, LABS, MAJOR, MIHALEK, TOMLINSON, GREINER,
GUENST, KUZMA, GILLEN AND SCHEUREN, OCTOBER 9, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 9, 2024
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further
3 providing for definitions and for relief.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6102(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
8 § 6102. Definitions.
9 (a) General rule.--The following words and phrases when used
10 in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this
11 section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 * * *
13 "Post." To share, display, provide, upload, transmit,
14 publish, distribute, communicate or circulate content on a
15 social media platform.
16 * * *
17 "Social media platform." A public or semipublic Internet-
18 based service or application that meets all of the following
 1 criteria:
2 (1) A substantial function of the platform, service or
3 application is to connect users in order to allow users to
4 interact socially with each other within the service or
5 application, provided that a platform, service or application
6 that provides email or direct messaging services or cloud
7 computing shall not be considered to meet this criterion
8 solely on the basis of that function.
9 (2) The platform, service or application allows users to
10 do all of the following:
11 (i) Construct a public or semipublic profile for
12 purposes of signing into and using the platform, service
13 or application.
14 (ii) Populate a list of other users with whom an
15 individual shares a social connection within the system.
16 (iii) Create or post content viewable by other
17 users, including on message boards, in chat rooms or
18 through a landing page or main feed that presents the
19 user with content generated by other users.
20 "User." A person who posts content on a social media
21 platform.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. Section 6108(a)(1) of Title 23 is amended to
24 read:
25 § 6108. Relief.
26 (a) General rule.--Subject to subsection (a.1), the court
27 may grant any protection order or approve any consent agreement
28 to bring about a cessation of abuse of the plaintiff or minor
29 children. The order or agreement may include:
30 (1) Directing the defendant to refrain from abusing the
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1 plaintiff or minor children[.], including:
2 (i) prohibiting the defendant from accessing or
3 utilizing social media platforms; or
4 (ii) prohibiting the defendant from posting on
5 social media platforms.
6 * * *
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 3750: 23-6102(a)