Relating to: online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority.
This bill creates a new section in state statutes to regulate how online services collect and use personal data from minors under 18 years old. It applies to businesses that operate online services in the state, earn most of their revenue from those services, and are likely to be accessed by minors. The law requires covered businesses to implement age-appropriate design features, restrict the collection of sensitive data like biometric and genetic information from minors, and prevent compulsive use patterns that disrupt a minor's daily activities. The bill also grants the state rule-making authority to establish specific standards for how these protections should be implemented and enforced.
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Introduced Mar 13, 2026
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Joers, Billings, Mayadev, Andraca, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Madison, Miresse, Neubauer, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Udell and Vining;
cosponsored by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Roys, Wall and Spreitzer
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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Alex Joers
DDemocratic
P
Ann Roe
DDemocratic
P
Ben DeSmidt
DDemocratic
P
Christine Sinicki
DDemocratic
P
Darrin Madison
DDemocratic
P
Deb Andraca
DDemocratic
P
Greta Neubauer
DDemocratic
P
Jill Billings
DDemocratic
P
Joan Fitzgerald
DDemocratic
P
Jodi Emerson
DDemocratic
P
Karen DeSanto
DDemocratic
P
Lee Snodgrass
DDemocratic
P
Randy Udell
DDemocratic
P
Renuka Mayadev
DDemocratic
P
Robyn Vining
DDemocratic
P
Russell Goodwin
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Clancy
DDemocratic
P
Shelia Stubbs
DDemocratic
P
Vinnie Miresse
DDemocratic
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