2005 Senate Bill 286

Require dating service criminal background check disclosures

Introduced in the Senate

March 3, 2005

Introduced by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R-33)

To require online dating services to disclose on their websites whether they perform criminal background checks on users who seek to communicate with another person using the service, and if so, whether they use private background check services or the much more expensive but comprehensive FBI reports.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

March 10, 2005

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

March 23, 2005

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that requires online dating services to post additional disclosures and warnings on their Web sites.

The substitute passed by voice vote

June 1, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary