SB 686 — Prohibits a covered platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
<b>Digest: Requires a covered platform to have an agreement in order to access the online content of a news provider. Creates a group for civic information to give grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).</b> [<i>Digest: Makes online platforms pay online news providers and a group for civic information. Creates a group for civic information to give grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0).</i>] [<i>Requires online platforms to pay moneys to digital journalism providers and the Oregon Civic Information Consortium. Allows an online platform to use an arbitration process to determine the percentage of an online platform's advertising revenue to be remitted to digital journalism providers.</i>] <b>Prohibits a covered platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement. Specifies requirements that an agreement must meet. <b>Creates a private cause of action that a digital journalism provider may bring against a covered platform if the covered platform accesses for an Oregon audience the online content of the digital journalism provider without an agreement or fails to comply with an agreement. Allows for the recovery of the greater of statutory or actual damages, and for punitive damages. <b>Bars a cause of action if the covered platform is participating in arbitration or in compliance with a final arbitration order, judgment or settlement agreement. Bars a cause of action for access that occurs between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2027, if the covered platform elects to pay a certain sum amount. <b>Allows a covered platform or group of digital journalism providers to initiate an arbitration process to determine a percentage of the covered platform's advertising revenue to be remitted to the digital journalism providers.</b> Requires online platforms to report annually certain information about compensation paid to digital journalism providers. Establishes the Oregon Civic Information Consortium. Directs the consortium to award grants for applicants that seek to improve civic information.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — sponsor
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — sponsor
- Reynolds, Lisa (D, OR-17) — sponsor
- Walters, Jules (D, OR-37) — sponsor
- Gelser Blouin, Sara (D, OR-8) — sponsor
- Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — sponsor
- Gorsek, Chris (D, OR-25) — sponsor
- Pham, Khanh (D, OR-23) — sponsor
- Neron Misslin, Courtney (D, OR-13) — cosponsor
- Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — cosponsor
- Bowman, Ben (D, OR-25) — cosponsor
- Chaichi, Farrah (D, OR-35) — cosponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Jama, Kayse (D, OR-24) — cosponsor
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Inbound (15)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Bowman, Ben | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Chaichi, Farrah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gamba, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Walters, Jules | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Campos, Wlnsvey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Frederick, Lew | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gelser Blouin, Sara | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Golden, Jeff | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gorsek, Chris | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Jama, Kayse | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Manning Jr., James | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Neron Misslin, Courtney | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Pham, Khanh | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Reynolds, Lisa | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Gelser Blouin, Sara (D, state_upper OR-8) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Gorsek, Chris (D, state_upper OR-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 6 | Pham, Khanh (D, state_upper OR-23) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 7 | Reynolds, Lisa (D, state_upper OR-17) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 8 | Walters, Jules (D, state_lower OR-37) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 9 | Bowman, Ben (D, state_lower OR-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Chaichi, Farrah (D, state_lower OR-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Jama, Kayse (D, state_upper OR-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Neron Misslin, Courtney (D, state_upper OR-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Gelser Blouin, Sara (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chaichi, Farrah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Campos, Wlnsvey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Pham, Khanh (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Frederick, Lew (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Manning Jr., James (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Reynolds, Lisa (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Gorsek, Chris (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Jama, Kayse (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Neron Misslin, Courtney (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Walters, Jules (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gamba, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Golden, Jeff (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Bowman, Ben (cosponsor) · sponsorship