S. 1748 · 119th Congress

Kids Online Safety Act

Introduced on May 14, 2025 by Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). 76 cosponsors, 33 of them from another party. Latest action (Aug 5, 2026): Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 14, 2025
Cosponsors
76
33 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. 2Reported 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 (Introduced in Senate, May 14, 2025). Public domain.

Kids Online Safety Act

This bill requires covered online platforms, including social media platforms, to implement tools and safeguards to protect users and visitors under the age of 17. Covered platforms are online platforms, video games, messaging applications, or video streaming services used or likely to be used by individuals under the age of 17, with specified exceptions.

The bill generally requires covered platforms to exercise reasonable care in the design and use of features that increase minors’ online activity in order to prevent and mitigate harm to minors (e.g., mental health disorders and severe harassment).

Covered platforms are also required to provide certain safeguards to minors, such as protections for minors’ data; tools for parents of minors, such as access to minors’ privacy settings; and a mechanism for account holders and visitors to report harm to minors on the platform.

Covered platforms are prohibited from conducting market or product research on children under the age of 13, and may only conduct such research on those under the age of 17 with parental consent.

The bill provides for enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission and states.

The bill also requires online platforms to meet certain requirements before using algorithms that select, order, or prioritize information presented to users based on user-specific data not provided for that purpose. Specifically, such platforms must (1) provide users with notice of the use of such algorithms, and (2) permit users to switch to an algorithm that does not rely on such user-specific data.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Marsha BlackburnR-TNSponsor

Democrats · 33

Independents · 1

Republicans · 42

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. May 14, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. May 14, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2929-2930)
  3. Aug 5, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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. APPLE INC.14 reports
    $13.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: APPLE INC$9,212 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.10 reports
    $15.7M reported (all issues)
  3. COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION9 reports
  4. Google Client Services LLC9 reports
    $16.5M reported (all issues)
  5. META PLATFORMS, INC.7 reports
    $31.4M reported (all issues)
  6. ROBLOX CORPORATION7 reports
    $678.7K reported (all issues)
  7. MICROSOFT CORPORATION6 reports
    $12.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE6 reports
  9. American Association for Justice5 reports
    $7.8M reported (all issues)
  10. American Civil Liberties Union5 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)
  11. Business Software Alliance5 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  12. Competitive Carriers Association5 reports
    $790K reported (all issues)
  13. Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee5 reports
    $193.5K reported (all issues)
  14. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $7.1M reported (all issues)
  15. Eating Disorders Coalition5 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  16. General Federation of Women's Clubs5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  17. ISSUE ONE5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  18. LINKEDIN CORPORATION5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LINKEDIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  19. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners5 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  20. PINTEREST, INC.5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  21. SHOPIFY INC5 reports
  22. Snap Inc.5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  23. X Corp. (formerly Twitter, Inc.)5 reports
    $930K reported (all issues)
  24. American Federation of Teachers4 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  25. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn4 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  26. BSA, The Software Alliance (Formerly BSA Business Software Alliance, Inc)4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  27. Bria Artificial Intelligence Inc.4 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  28. COX ENTERPRISES4 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  29. CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $7.6M reported (all issues)
  30. National Alliance on Mental Illness4 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  31. Reset Tech Action4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  32. Software & Information Industry Association4 reports
    $5.3M reported (all issues)
  33. AFL-CIO3 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  34. American Academy of Pediatrics3 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$442.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  35. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.3 reports
    $54.7M reported (all issues)
  36. DIRECTV, LLC3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DIRECTV, LLC$482.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  37. MagicSchool AI3 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  38. TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.3 reports
    $430K reported (all issues)
  39. Yahoo Inc, and var. subs/affiliates (FKA College Parent, L.P. DBA "Yahoo")3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  40. Yahoo Inc. and var. subs/affiliates3 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 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 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.