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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
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • 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

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  • SB 1438, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2025 at 4:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 3/24/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 931 Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors Sirois Identical Last Action: 3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) Track This Bill
    H 1503 Harm to Minors Salzman Compare Last Action: 3/5/2025 H Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Track This Bill
    S 1718 Harm to Minors Ingoglia Compare Last Action: 3/10/2025 S Introduced Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    282.803 Page 2 (pdf)
    501.1737 Age verification for online access to materials harmful to minors. Page 8 (pdf)
    501.1741 Page 17 (pdf)

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