H.R. 7757

KIDS Act

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie

1 cosponsor

Frank Pallone, Jr.

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Where it stands

Introduced Mar 3
Committee Skipped
House of Representatives Jun 29
Senate Now
Law —

Introduced Mar 3
Committee Skipped
House of Representatives Jun 29
Senate Now
Law —

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Jul 13)

Votes

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed, 267–117 House of Representatives · Roll Call 228 · Jun 29

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

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.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 2. Definitions Changed · Jun 29

I Shielding Minors from Obscenity

Sec. 101. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 102. Definitions Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 103. Technology verification measures Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 104. Consultation requirements Since introduced

Sec. 105. GAO report Changed · Jun 29

II Online Platforms

Sec. 201. Definitions Added Jun 29

A Kids Online Safety

Sec. 211. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 212. Definitions Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 213. Addressing harms to minors Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 214. Safeguards for minors, parental tools, and teen messaging controls Added Jun 29

Sec. 215. Reporting mechanism Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 216. Disclosure Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 217. Advertising and marketing information and labels Since introduced

Sec. 218. Advertising of illegal products to minors Added Jun 29

Sec. 219. Audit; report Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 220. Rule of construction on age verification Added Jun 29

Sec. 221. Rule of construction on encryption Changed · Jun 29

B Stop Profiling Youth and Kids

Sec. 231. Short title Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 232. Know; knows defined Added Jun 29

Sec. 233. Market research Since introduced

Sec. 234. Effective date Added Jun 29

III Social Gaming Platforms

Sec. 301. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 302. Definitions Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 303. Safeguards requirements for online video game providers Changed · Jun 29

IV Artificial Intelligence Chatbots

Sec. 401. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 402. Definitions Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 403. Certain statements prohibited Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 404. Disclosure required Since introduced

Sec. 405. Policies required Changed · Jun 29

Sec. 406. Rule of construction Since introduced

V Research, Education, and Best Practices for Protecting Minors Online

A Research

Sec. 501. Definitions Changed · Jun 29

Where this section came from

Mar 3, 2026 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary, Mar 3 Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Mar 3
Jun 29, 2026 · Engrossed in House On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Passed, 267–117 · Roll Call 228

What changed in the text

… 3 unchanged passages …

(3) Relevant congressional committees. The term relevant congressional committees means — (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives ; and (B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

… 7 unchanged passages …

In this subtitle:

(1) Fentanyl. The term fentanyl includes any fentanyl analogue and fentanyl-related substance.

(2) Fentanyl-related substance. The term fentanyl-related substance has the meaning given that term in subsection (e) of schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)).

(3) Relevant congressional committees. The term relevant congressional committees means—

(A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and

(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

(4) Social media platform. The term social media platform—

(A) means a public-facing website, internet application, or mobile internet application, including a social network or video sharing service—

(i) that serves the public; and

(ii) that primarily provides a forum for user-generated content, including messages, videos, images, games, and audio files; and

(B) does not include—

(i) a provider of broadband internet access service (as described in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation); or

(ii) electronic mail.

Sec. 502. Exemption Added Jun 29

1 Safe Social Media Act

Sec. 511. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 512. Report by Commission on social media use by minors Changed · Jun 29

2 No Fentanyl on Social Media Act

Sec. 513. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 514. Report on the ability of minors to access fentanyl through social media platforms Changed · Jun 29

3 Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act

Sec. 515. Short title Since introduced

Sec. 516. Industry review and report Changed · Jun 29

4 Study on chatbots and mental health of minors