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ArkansasHB17172025 Regular SessionHouse

TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN AND TEENS' ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT.

Sponsored By: Zack Gramlich (Republican), Justin Boyd (Republican)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

More control over kids’ online information

Beginning July 1, 2026, covered services knowingly collecting children’s or teens’ information must explain their practices before collection. Notices must describe collected data, its uses, shared data and recipient groups, and available rights. Collecting a teen’s information generally requires consent from the teen or parent. Listed service, business-operation, security, legal, and vital-interest uses do not require consent. Limited contact uses also have exceptions, including one-time replies, obtaining consent, and repeat replies with notice and contact limits. Parents can request deletion of a child’s account, submitted content, or information, and refuse further use or collection. Teens can request deletion of their information or submitted content at any time. Parents and teens can get collected information available to the operator and must receive corrections when they prove inaccuracies. Deletion exceptions cover legally required records, others’ submissions, specified minimum records, and data needed for security or compliance.

Stronger online privacy for Arkansas kids

Beginning July 1, 2026, the law protects Arkansas children ages 12 and younger and teens ages 13–16. Collection limits cover commercial online services aimed at these ages or knowingly collecting their personal information. Services can collect and use data only for allowed service-related or legal purposes, not targeted advertising. Ads based on the service’s own activity, page content, or a user’s request remain outside that advertising ban. Services cannot keep data longer than reasonably needed, except for service safety, integrity, or legally authorized purposes. They cannot require unnecessary personal information for a child to join a game, prize offer, or other activity. Operators collecting children’s or teens’ data must maintain reasonable safeguards against unauthorized access and protect data accuracy and availability. Certain nonprofits, compliant interactive gaming platforms, Arkansas government bodies, and Arkansas public schools and colleges are excluded. Operators do not have to collect ages or add age checks.

State enforcement of kids’ privacy rights

Beginning July 1, 2026, specified teen-consent and information-rights violations count as unfair or deceptive practices, subject to statutory exceptions. Only the Arkansas Attorney General can enforce this privacy law. The Attorney General can seek court orders, compliance, damages, restitution, and other relief. Families cannot bring their own lawsuits under this law. The subchapter sets no separate payment amount or monetary penalty.

Limited company liability for kids’ disclosures

Beginning July 1, 2026, operators and their agents receive a limited shield from liability for disclosing personal information. The disclosure must answer a parent’s request for a child’s information or a teen’s request for personal information. The operator or agent must act in good faith and follow reasonable procedures.

Kids’ service access after privacy requests

Beginning July 1, 2026, a covered service can end a child’s or teen’s access after certain refusals of data use. This applies when a parent or teen refuses further use, storage in retrievable form, or future online collection. But a deletion request cannot end service to the extent the operator can provide it without the deleted information.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Zack Gramlich

    Republican • House

  • Justin Boyd

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Alyssa Brown

    Republican • House

  • Andrew Collins

    Democratic • House

  • Brandon Achor

    Republican • House

  • Mary Bentley

    Republican • House

  • Clarke Tucker

    Democratic • Senate

  • Joy Springer

    Democratic • House

  • Steven Walker

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 420 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2025

House Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:45:23 PM

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2025

House Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:45:41 PM

Yes: 94 • No: 0 • Other: 3

House vote • 4/15/2025

House Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:45:14 PM

Yes: 96 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/9/2025

Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:46:18 PM

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 3/13/2025

House Vote - Thursday, March 13, 2025 2:46:50 PM

Yes: 99 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that HB1717 is now Act 952

    4/21/2025House

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

    4/16/2025House

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

    4/15/2025House

  4. Senate amendment # 3 read and concurred in.

    4/15/2025House

  5. Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.

    4/15/2025House

  6. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

    4/15/2025House

  7. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 & 3

    4/14/2025House

  8. Re-referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS- HOUSE

    4/9/2025House

  9. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2 & 3

    4/9/2025House

  10. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1,2 & 3 .

    4/9/2025Senate

  11. Read the third time and passed.

    4/9/2025Senate

  12. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

    4/7/2025Senate

  13. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

    4/7/2025Senate

  14. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    4/7/2025Senate

  15. Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

    4/7/2025Senate

  16. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3

    4/7/2025Senate

  17. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

    4/2/2025Senate

  18. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    4/2/2025Senate

  19. Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

    4/2/2025Senate

  20. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2

    4/2/2025Senate

  21. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

    3/31/2025Senate

  22. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    3/31/2025Senate

  23. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

    3/31/2025Senate

  24. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1

    3/31/2025Senate

  25. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

    3/13/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • HB1717 - Introduced

    3/10/2025

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  • Act Version

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