# 119-hr-7757: KIDS Act 119-hr-7757, KIDS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7757 - As of: 2026-09-10 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-7757 - Congress: 119 - Title: KIDS Act - Status: passed_house - Introduced: 2026-03-03 - Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: Commerce - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-10 ## Summary **This bill would create a federal framework to _protect minors online_** by requiring age checks for obscene sexual material and strengthening privacy, parental controls, platform audits, and research on youth harms. - Families: Parents get default, easy tools to view and manage a child’s account, limit messaging and purchases, set time limits, and receive notices about messaging requests. - Minors and teens: COPPA 2.0 narrows definitions to children under 14 and teens 14–17, bars individualized ads to minors, and gives teens rights to access, correct, and delete their personal data. - Platforms and data brokers: Covered platforms must deploy age verification for sexual content within 1 year, submit to independent audits starting 18 months after enactment, and follow stricter safeguards. Covered data brokers must register annually and pay a minimum fee of $22,500. The bill also creates cross‑agency studies, a Kids Internet Safety Partnership, and new chatbot and gaming safeguards to guide rulemaking and education. ## Cosponsors (1) - Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z ## Votes | Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 267 | 117 | ## Provisions PRIA read - Parental controls and safer app design: benefit, medium. If enacted, covered platforms would warn parents before a known minor registers or buys and offer easy parental tools. Parents would be able to limit purchases and time, manage messaging, hide online status, and opt out of personalized recommendations. Online game accounts for minors would use the… - Stronger privacy rules for kids and teens: benefit, medium. If enacted, online services would face tougher privacy rules for minors. Children under 14 and teens ages 14–17 would get clearer notices, stronger consent rules, and better security. Teens would gain rights to see, delete, and fix their data after identifying themselves. Services would be barred f… - FTC and states step up enforcement: benefit, medium. If enacted, violations of this bill would count as unfair or deceptive acts under the FTC Act, giving the FTC full enforcement tools and penalties. State attorneys general would be able to sue after notifying the FTC, but not while an FTC or U.S. Attorney General case on the same violations is pend… - National guidance and education on kids’ safety: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Commerce Secretary would set up the Kids Internet Safety Partnership within 1 year. It would issue a first report within 1 year of its start, publish a provider playbook within 2 years, and sunset after 5 years. The FTC would launch a nationwide online‑safety education program withi… - Data brokers selling minors’ data register: benefit, medium. If enacted, data brokers that sell or license minors’ personal data would have to register with the FTC within 12 months and then yearly. The FTC would post a public, searchable registry within 18 months. Brokers would pay at least a $22,500 annual fee, adjusted each January 1 by inflation, and dis… - AI chatbots must disclose to kids: benefit, low. If enacted, chatbots would clearly tell minors they are AI at the first interaction and whenever asked. If a user raises suicide concerns, the chatbot would share crisis resources. Providers would advise a break after 3 straight hours and have policies against sexual exploitation and promoting gamb… - New studies on teen online risks: benefit, low. If enacted, the FTC and Health and Human Services would report within 1 year on minors’ access to fentanyl via social media, including prevalence, harms, platform design, and fixes. The GAO would study teen use of financial apps, the privacy and mental‑health risks, and whether current laws cover t… - Age checks on porn-heavy sites: mixed, medium. If enacted, starting 1 year after enactment, sites where over one‑third of content is sexual material harmful to minors would need age‑verification tech. A user’s self‑attestation would not be enough. Platforms would give clear notices, try to stop circumvention, secure verification data, and limit… - State protections kept; D.C. court venue: mixed, low. If enacted, state laws would only be preempted where they conflict, and states could pass stronger protections for minors. Contract, tort, and product‑liability laws would not be preempted. Only the U.S. District Court for D.C. would hear constitutional challenges, starting 1 year after enactment.… ## Related bills - 119-hr-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act - 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025 - 119-hr-9393: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026 - 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 - 119-hr-2483: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 - 119-hr-10453: Communications and Technology Transparency Act of 2026 ## Sources - [119-hr-7757 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7757) ## Related - [119-hr-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1768) - [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669) - [119-hr-9393: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9393) - [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548) - [119-hr-2483: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2483) - [119-hr-10453: Communications and Technology Transparency Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10453) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7757 (as of 2026-09-10).