LEGISLATIVE TRACKER







 

2010

Rhode Island Senate Bill 2156 - Chilling speech, putting retailers at risk, and placing restrictions on minors' media choices

Memo in Opposition

Louisiana House Bill 1259 - Creating content-based restrictions on protected speech

Letter in Opposition

Delaware H.B. 346: Depictions of Animal Cruelty

Read our memo in opposition to this bill, sent to the House Judiciary Committee on June 15. The Committee will hold a hearing on the bill on June 17.

Media Coalition Comments on FCC Notice of Inquiry MB Docket No. 09-194:

On February 23, 2010, Media Coalition submitted a comment in response to a Notice of Inquiry issued by the Federal Communications Commission, entitled "Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape." Replies to submitted comments were filed by a March 26, 2010 deadline.

2009

New York Assembly Bill 1782 - Prohibiting the display or advertisement of material deemed sexually illicit to minors

NY AB 1782 Memo in Opposition

Illinois House Bill 4078 - Illinois' Son of Sam bill

IL HB 4078 Memo in Opposition

Nebraska Legislative Bill 443 - Zoning of businesses deemed "sexually oriented"

NE LB 443 Memo in Opposition

Nebraska Legislative Bill 97 - bars sexually explicit material of anyone that appears to be a minor

NE LB 97 Memo in Opposition

New Jersey Assembly Bill 3757 - New Jersey's social networking bill

NJ AB 3757 Memo in Opposition

Tennessee Senate Bill 1235 and companion bill House Bill 810 - tax on material considered harmful to minors

TN SB 1235 and HB 810 Memo in Opposition

Tennessee Senate Bill 1236 and companion House Bill 809 - tax on sexually oriented material

TN SB 1236 and HB 809 Memo in Opposition

Utah House Bill 353 - broadens the Truth in Advertising law to apply to ratings

UT HB 353 Memo in Opposition

UT HB 353 Veto Letter to Governor

Utah HB 353 Letter to Senate asking to Sustain Veto

UT HB 353 Letter to House asking to Sustain Veto

UT HB 353 Memo in Opposition in the Senate

Washington House Bill 2103 - imposes a tax on material with sexual content

WA HB 2103 Memo in Opposition

2008

Alabama House Bill 153

Media Coalition Memo in Opposition

Arizona House Bill 2660

AZ HB 2660 memo in opposition

Colorado Senate Bill 125

CO SB 125 memo in opposition

Connecticut Raised Bill 363

CT RB 363 letter in opposition

Indiana House Bill 1042

IN H.B. 1042 memo in opposition

Massachusetts House Bill 1423

MA HB 1423 memo in opposition

New York Assembly Bill 11717

NY AB 11717 memo in opposition

New York Assembly Bill 11717 Veto Letter to Governor

NY AB 11717 Veto Letter to Governor

South Carolina Budget Proviso

SC Proviso on Printed Matter Letter in Opposition

2004

Media Coalition Submits Comment to FCC Notice of Inquiry on Televisual Violent Content

Media Coalition filed a comment with the Federal Communications Commission in response to its Notice of Inquiry on the matter of violent television programming and its impact on children.  In the comment, the Media Coalition stated why federal restrictions on violent content on broadcast, cable, and satellite television would violate the First Amendment and provided research questioning the purported link between violence in the media and real-life instances of violence.