Generally revise laws related to creation of profitable family video content featuring minor children
HB 392, known as the "Child Digital Protection Act," revises laws concerning profitable family video content featuring minor children. It requires content creators who meet specific profit and content thresholds to contribute a percentage of their gross earnings into a trust for the minor child, accessible once the child reaches 18 years of age. Additionally, the bill grants individuals who were featured as minors in such content the right to request the permanent deletion of those video segments from online platforms upon reaching the age of majority.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Signed May 16, 2025
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The bill was amended to remove the word 'and' from a list of covered digital services, likely to fix a grammatical error. Additionally, a new subsection was added to establish specific rules for calculating trust contributions when video content features a minor's likeness, name, or photograph.
Scope change
The scope of covered services was slightly refined by removing a conjunction, while the scope of financial obligations was expanded to include specific scenarios involving minors' likenesses.
TECHNICAL
Removed the word 'and' from a list of digital services (e.g., streaming service, and paid subscription) to improve grammatical flow.
REQUIREMENT
Added a new requirement establishing specific trust contribution calculations for video segments that include a minor's likeness, name, or photograph.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2025 · House Apr 22, 2025
How they voted
46–4
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 2, 2025
D
Democratic18
88% Yea
R
Republican32
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Apr 2, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-4)
senate
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Katie Zolnikov
RRepublican
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