Kids Safety on Set Act of 2026

In this Act:

(1) The term compulsory authority means authority vested by position, title, beneficial ownership interest, or status as a public figure to compel any minor to perform any action.

(2) The term employee means any individual that signs a waiver, release, or legal agreement, including a nondisclosure agreement, with the entertainment industry entity and all credited adults, corporate officers, and beneficial owners with privileged access to production sets or active shooting locations.

(3) The term entertainment industry entity—

(A) means an entity that, by way of an entertainment industry project, creates, produces, promotes, or distributes a work of entertainment intended to be heard, viewed, or otherwise experienced by an audience, including live and recorded theater, dance, music, and fashion productions, motion pictures, live and recorded television broadcasts (including unscripted television and commercials), linear video games and recorded video content monetized by the entertainment industry entity through online streaming subscription revenues or online advertising revenues; but

(B) does not mean an entity that solely creates, produces, promotes, or distributes a work of journalism and this act shall not abridge or encumber freedom of the press or apply to the creation, production, promotion or distribution of any work released under a Creative Commons license.

(4) The term minor means a person under 18 years of age.

(5) The term supervisory duties means duties that require an individual to supervise the activities of any minor who is not their biological child or legal ward.

(6) The term entertainment industry project means a discrete collaborative enterprise to create, produce, promote, or distribute a work of entertainment intended to be heard, viewed, or played by an audience, including only those works of entertainment defined in paragraph (3)(A).