SB 1438: Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors
GENERAL BILL by Grall
Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors; Requiring a developer to, beginning on a specified date, make specific determinations about covered applications, provide notice to application stores about such applications, and provide certain features for parents to protect a user that is a child; requiring a covered manufacturer to, beginning on a specified date, take certain steps to determine specified information about the user, provide certain notices, and provide developers of covered applications with a specified means to verify the age of a user; providing requirements for devices sold before a specified date; providing construction, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/20/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/25/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/20/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/25/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/26/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/6/2025 | Senate |
• Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules |
| 3/10/2025 | Senate |
• Introduced |
| 3/12/2025 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/17/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 3/20/2025 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/25/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed |
