H.R. 7757 · 119th Congress

KIDS Act

Introduced on Mar 3, 2026 by Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jul 13, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Mar 3, 2026
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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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. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To protect children and teens online, empower parents and strengthen families, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer affairs
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Digital media
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Educational guidance
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Federal preemption
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Mental health
  • Product safety and quality
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Right of privacy
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 3, 2026). Public domain.

Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act or the KIDS Act

This bill requires specified online platforms to establish safeguards for minors. The safeguards include (1) limiting access to specified sexual material, (2) providing parental controls on social media and online video game platforms, and (3) requiring artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to disclose certain information to users who are minors.

First, publicly available online platforms on which more than one-third of the content is considered sexual material harmful to minors under the bill must adopt technology to identify minors and prevent them from accessing such material.

Next, social media platforms must (1) implement default settings for minors that limit compulsive usage features and the ability of other users to communicate with minors, and (2) provide tools for parents to manage the privacy and account settings of a minor. Social media platforms may not allow ephemeral messaging features for minors.

The bill also requires online video game platforms to provide tools that allow parents to (1) limit communication between a minor and other users of the platform, and (2) restrict purchases by a minor on the platform.

Further, providers of AI chatbots must disclose to users who are minors (1) that the chatbot is an AI system and not a human, and (2) suicide and crisis intervention hotline information.

Finally, the bill requires specified studies and reports about the effects of social media platforms on minors and provides for enforcement of the bill's requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Brett GuthrieR-KY-2Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
    Jun 29, 2026· House· Passage· Passed 267–117

History

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

  1. Mar 3, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Mar 3, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Mar 3, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Mar 3, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jun 29, 2026 · HouseMr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  6. Jun 29, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4280-4296)
  7. Jun 29, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7757.
  8. Jun 29, 2026 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  9. Jun 29, 2026 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4302)
  10. Jun 29, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 267 - 117 (Roll no. 228). (text: CR H4280-4292)House · Roll call 228
  11. Jun 29, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 267 - 117 (Roll no. 228). (text: CR H4280-4292)House · Roll call 228
  12. Jun 29, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. Jul 13, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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. American Association for Justice4 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)
  2. COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION4 reports
  3. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)
  4. Google Client Services LLC3 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)
  5. NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE3 reports
    $475K reported (all issues)
  6. SPRING CARE, INC.3 reports
    $35.5K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  8. AT&T Services, Inc.2 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC$10.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 94%
  9. Anthropic2 reports
    $3.5M reported (all issues)
  10. COX ENTERPRISES2 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  11. CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  12. Coalition for Child Protection & Accountability2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  13. EBAY INC2 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  14. ENCODE AI CORPORATION2 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  15. Eating Disorders Coalition2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  16. FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.2 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  17. FOX CORPORATION2 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  18. INSEPARABLE ACTION INC.2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  19. INTERNET WORKS2 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  20. LINKEDIN CORPORATION2 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LINKEDIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  21. META PLATFORMS, INC.2 reports
    $13.1M reported (all issues)
  22. Main Street Privacy Coalition2 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  23. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)
  24. PINTEREST, INC.2 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  25. ROBLOX CORPORATION2 reports
    $745K reported (all issues)
  26. SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC2 reports
    $770K reported (all issues)
  27. Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund (FKA Sandy Hook Promise (SHP))2 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  28. Snap Inc.2 reports
    $640K reported (all issues)
  29. Software & Information Industry Association2 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  30. TARGET CORPORATION2 reports
  31. TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.2 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  32. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)
  33. X Corp. (formerly Twitter, Inc.)2 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  34. 21st Century Privacy Coalition1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  35. AI Integrators Council1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)
  36. ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  37. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY1 report
    $470K reported (all issues)
  38. APPLE INC.1 report
    $2.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: APPLE INC$9,212 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  39. ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS, INC.1 report
  40. Alliance for Excellent Education1 report
    $6,281 reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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.