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119-s-1885119th CongressWALLET

Stop the Scroll Act

Sponsored By: Senator Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]

In Committee

Summary

This bill would create a mandatory mental health warning label on covered social and anonymous-content platforms. It would require visible, hourly-renewing warnings that point users to federal help and set federal and state enforcement rules.

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  • Users: People in the United States who access covered platforms would see a mental-health warning each time they use the site; the label stays until they exit or acknowledge harm and, if they continue, reappears every hour. The label must warn of potential harms and provide access to federal resources including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
  • Platform providers: Covered platform providers would have to display conspicuous labels that cannot be shown only as a hyperlink or hidden in terms, and users could not disable them except as the law allows. The Federal Trade Commission, with the Surgeon General, would write rules for the label within 180 days and the law would take effect one year after enactment.
  • Enforcement and states: Violations would be enforced by the FTC as unfair or deceptive acts or practices and states could bring parens patriae suits for civil penalties. Penalties would be calculated by multiplying either days of noncompliance or the number of affected end users by the statutory maximum civil penalty adjusted for inflation.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

FTC rules and enforcement for platforms

If enacted, the bill would require the Federal Trade Commission, with the Surgeon General's concurrence, to write rules for the warning label within 180 days and to review them at least every five years. The bill would let the FTC treat violations as unfair or deceptive acts and use its full enforcement powers, including over some nonprofits and common carriers. State attorneys general could also sue for violations and seek civil penalties under a formula tied to days of noncompliance or affected users, but they must notify the FTC first. The bill would let U.S. courts reach violations that involve U.S. persons or acts in the United States.

Required mental-health warning on platforms

If enacted, the bill would require covered platforms to show a clear mental-health warning each time a user in the United States accesses the site. The warning must note possible mental-health harms and give Federal help resources, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. The warning can only go away if the user leaves or acknowledges the risk and continues, and it must reappear after each hour of continuous use. Covered platforms would include social media platforms and anonymous content-sharing apps. The rule would take effect one year after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]

AL • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 6/2/2025

  • Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2025

  • Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 3/2/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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