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Mo. House committee passes "Facebook fix"

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A committee has unanimously passed legislation.

The bill was passed last week by the .  It’s being handled in the House by  (D, Columbia).

“We all know that the Internet, (a) tremendous wonderful tool, has some seamy applications to it, and one of those is inappropriate sexual contact with minors," Kelly told the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee.  "It is, I believe, legitimate for society to attempt to govern that.”

The bill would require school districts in Missouri to adopt their own policies regarding communication between students and all school personnel.

A Cole County judge .  But even if the House passed the so-called “Facebook fix,” it may not survive.  In his special session call, (D) only asked lawmakers to remove the offending language and made no mention of replacing it with new language. 

Marshal was a political reporter for © 2024 until 2018.