S. 3663 · 117th Congress

Kids Online Safety Act

Introduced on Feb 16, 2022 by Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). 13 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 15, 2022): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 16, 2022
Cosponsors
13
7 from the other party
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to protect the safety of children on the internet.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Advisory bodies
  • Business records
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer affairs
  • Federal district courts
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Jurisdiction and venue
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Product safety and quality
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Right of privacy
  • State and local courts
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, Dec 15, 2022). Public domain.

Kids Online Safety Act

This bill sets out requirements for covered platforms (i.e., social networks, video streaming services, or other applications that connect to the internet and are likely to be used by minors) to protect minors from online harm, including requirements relating to (1) safeguards to restrict access to the personal data of minors, (2) tools to help parents supervise a minor's use of a platform, and (3) reporting of harm to minors from using the platform.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Richard BlumenthalD-CTSponsor

Democrats · 6

Republicans · 7

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 16, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 16, 2022 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Jul 27, 2022 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Dec 15, 2022Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Dec 15, 2022 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Dec 15, 2022 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DIRECTV, LLC18 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DIRECTV, LLC$482.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. American Civil Liberties Union6 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)
  3. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION5 reports
  4. DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC5 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS LLCAI match · 99%
  5. NETFLIX INC5 reports
  6. NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE5 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  7. National Alliance on Mental Illness5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  8. TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.2 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  9. Twitter, Inc2 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  10. Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee1 report
    $15K reported (all issues)
  11. GARMIN INTERNATIONAL1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.$291.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. MICROSOFT CORPORATION1 report
    Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.