AR HB1902

Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring, requesting, suggesting, or causing current or prospective employees or students to disclose usernames and passwords for personal social media accounts

Prohibits institutions from requiring prospective students, as a condition of accepting curricular or extracurricular activities, to add institutional employees or volunteers to their social media contacts or change privacy settings

Defines "social media account" to include personal accounts on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Instagram, but excludes institutional accounts, accounts created at the institution's request, and accounts used to impersonate the institution

Prohibits institutions from disciplining, discharging, or penalizing current students or denying admission or employment to prospective students for exercising rights under this section

Permits institutions to view publicly available information about employees or students on the Internet and does not prevent compliance with federal or state laws, rules, or regulations