# 119-hr-6291: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act 119-hr-6291, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6291 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-6291 - Congress: 119 - Title: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2025-11-25 - Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: Commerce - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **Expands COPPA to cover teens and sharply limits how companies collect, use, and share minors' personal data.** This bill would broaden key definitions, raise consent standards for children and teens, and curb individualized advertising toward minors. - Families and teens would get stronger controls and clearer notices: verifiable parental consent for younger children and verifiable teen consent for ages 13–16, plus rights to access, delete, and correct a teen's data. - Schools and students would have a safe harbor when operators sign written agreements: student data could be used only for educational purposes and must be disclosed, reviewable, and deletable by the school or parent/teen. - Large platforms meeting the "high‑impact" test (about $3 billion in annual revenue and 300 million monthly users) would face stricter "knowledge" standards, tighter retention rules, limits on cross‑border transfers, and heightened consent requirements. - Advertising and data rules would ban individual‑specific advertising to children and teens while allowing contextual ads and measurement. Internal‑operations uses are narrowly allowed but cannot be used to build new profiles. - The Federal Trade Commission would study a common consent mechanism, publish oversight and enforcement reports, and must analyze impacts on small entities. The bill also preempts state laws to create a single national standard. ## Cosponsors (1) - Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - No targeted ads to minors: benefit, high. If enacted, operators would be barred from using a child’s or teen’s personal data to show individual-specific ads. The bill would define this kind of advertising as using personal data or profiling about a child, teen, or similar youth group. It would allow some exceptions, like user searches, con… - Clear consent and notice for minors: benefit, medium. If enacted, operators would have to give direct notice and get a clear yes before collecting a child’s or teen’s data. Teens could give consent for themselves in covered cases. New consent would be needed before any material change in how data is used or shared. The FTC would study a single consent… - Tighter limits on kids' data: benefit, medium. If enacted, operators could only collect a child or teen’s data when needed to provide a requested service or when required by law. They could keep it only as long as needed for that service. Data could be used for internal operations like security, basic functions, or contextual ads, but not to co… - School ed-tech data use limits: benefit, medium. If enacted, a company with a written school agreement could use student data without each parent’s or teen’s consent, but only for educational purposes. The agreement must say what is collected, include a public disclosure link, and let the school review or delete data on request. The school must n… - Big social apps face higher duty: benefit, medium. If enacted, very large social platforms would have a higher duty to know when a user is a child or teen. A “high‑impact” service would make $3,000,000,000 or more a year, have 300,000,000 or more monthly users for at least 3 of the last 12 months, and mainly share user content. For them, “knowledge… - More data counts as personal info: benefit, low. If enacted, many items would count as personal information for kids and teens, including names, address, email, phone, Social Security number, device IDs and cookies, photos, video, audio, location, and biometrics. It would also cover data linked to a child or parent across sites. A short voice cli… - Review rule impacts on small businesses: benefit, low. If enacted, agencies would need to explain how new rules under this title affect small businesses. The review would follow the Regulatory Flexibility Act. This could surface burdens and options before rules are final. - One national standard and enforcement tweaks: mixed, high. If enacted, states and cities could not enforce their own child and teen online privacy laws on these topics; the federal rules would control. The bill would update how states may bring cases under the federal law. It would also have the FTC post certain safe‑harbor reports online, following existi… - Data access and delete rights for teens: mixed, medium. If enacted, a teen or parent could ask what data was collected, why, and get a copy, fix errors, or delete it. Operators could keep some data to follow the law or for security and do not have to remove content posted by other people. If a parent or teen refuses further use, an operator could end th… - Who is covered under these rules: mixed, low. If enacted, “teen” would mean ages 13 through 16. The bill would define who counts as an “operator,” covering for‑profit sites and apps that collect or let others collect personal data, but excluding 501(c)(3) charities. It would also define online and mobile apps so it is clear that internet‑conne… ## Related bills - 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025 - 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025 - 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025 - 119-hr-8210: A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026 - 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act - 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act ## Sources - [119-hr-6291 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6291) ## Related - [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669) - [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229) - [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833) - [119-hr-8210: A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8210) - [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298) - [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6291 (as of 2026-04-21).