SEN. KOLKHORST NAMED TO JOINT COMMITTEE RESEARCHING MEDIA’S IMPACT ON MINORS
State Senator Lois Kolkhorst has been appointed to a newly-formed joint committee to study the effects of media on minors.
(R-Brenham)
The committee, which was formed in accordance with House Bill 18 from the 88th Legislature, is tasked with examining the health and developmental effects of media on minors and the effects of exposure by a minor to various forms of media, including social media platforms, websites, artificial intelligence, video games and other media formats.
Kolkhorst said she is “deeply honored” to serve on the committee and recognizes the “critical importance of studying the effects of social media on minors.” She said, “Many experts in medicine and education are sounding the alarm that our children's mental health, social skills, and ability to communicate on a personal level are at stake. With the introduction of artificial intelligence, even more concerns arise about capturing our children’s likenesses, which can be used in nefarious and harmful ways.”
House Bill 18, known as the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, is meant to give parents more control over their children’s content. Parental consent is required when children create new online accounts. The bill compels content providers to prevent children from being exposed to harmful content, such as content that promotes suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, grooming, trafficking, and sexual exploitation.
The committee will undertake a comprehensive study to understand the influence of media on minors and its potential effects on their well-being and development. Their findings and recommendations are expected to contribute to future policy decisions aimed at safeguarding the welfare of minors in the digital age.
Joint Committee Chairs will be Senator Bryan Hughes and Representative Jared Patterson. Additional members on the Committee include Senator Angela Paxton, Senator Tan Parker, and Senator Jose Menendez, with State Representative Lacey Hull, State Representative Ann Johnson, State Representative Eddie Morales, and State Representative Shelby Slawson.
I’d rather the headline state
“ Senator Kolkorst named to joint committee
researching runaway property appraisals in Washington County.”
But she is championing the war on lowering taxes all you have to do is look at her social media pages! Have your taxes gone down? Mine have not!
I would like like that too! Fact is she is spread pretty thin now and on a scale of one to ten the project of keeping our children from being brainwashed is a 9.9 so they have the right woman for the job in my opinion. We are always going to be unfairly taxed as long as we have politicians spending tax dollars like drunken kids with a credit card and no limits with us picking up the bill. Both sides do this so we need common sense politicians. Know any? I would personally like to see an end to 501 c non profits free ride on taxes.
I agree, When she implemented the Higher Homestead exemption amendment, she should have realized that the appraisal district would just adjust the “appraised value” UP by that amount and we would have to pay even more taxes. MS Kolkorst seems to be more interested in having her name attached to as many committees as she can. Getting her name out there to further her political ambitions. She lives in a “Bubble” and does not understand how a person living on a minimum wage pay check struggles to pay their taxes,
Exactly. It seems as though the general population who supports whatever candidates say that THEY want or intend to do, has forgotten that those elected persons work for us, their constituents, and as a whole, the citizens of Texas. I don’t know why there can’t be monthly community forums where the constituents’ concerns might be voiced and the representative take those back to Austin. You cannot make me believe that if 80 or 90% of the entire voting population of Texas went to their Representatives and Senators with nearly the same concerns, that those things would have to be brought up, addressed, and a solution found in Austin.