Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023
This bill creates a framework for qualifying news organizations to form groups to negotiate with large online platforms about fair payment for their content. It allows these groups to jointly deny platforms access to their content during negotiations and use binding arbitration to determine fair compensation based on the content's market value. The bill provides antitrust immunity for these negotiations, requires platforms to pay based on the value of news content rather than platform benefits, and includes transparency requirements for how funds support journalism. It defines specific eligibility criteria for news organizations and platforms, and sets a 6-year expiration for the law.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 30, 2023
Last action Jul 18, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jul 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
upper
Jun 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
Co
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
Co
Jack Reed
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Manchin, III
IIndependent
Co
John Barrasso
RRepublican
Co
John Kennedy
RRepublican
Co
John W. Hickenlooper
DDemocratic
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