# Arkansas HB1975: TO CREATE THE CHILD CONTENT CREATION PROTECTION ACT. Arkansas HB1975, TO CREATE THE CHILD CONTENT CREATION PROTECTION ACT., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Tyler Dees (Republican), Zack Gramlich (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-22 (Notification that HB1975 is now Act 982); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1975-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1975 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO CREATE THE CHILD CONTENT CREATION PROTECTION ACT. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-04-02 - Last action: 2025-04-22, Notification that HB1975 is now Act 982 - Sponsors: Tyler Dees (Republican), Zack Gramlich (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (120 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Children can request online content removal: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, platforms must offer an accessible way for featured Arkansas minors to request content deletion. Adults can also request removal if they were featured as minors on or after that date. Requests must include information reasonably needed to identify the person and content. Aft… - Minors gain protection against sexualized profiteering: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, people cannot financially benefit from knowingly making or publicly sharing visual depictions of minors with sexual intent. The intent must be to sexually gratify someone or cause a sexual response. A minor can sue over a violation, attempt, or conspiracy. A winning minor ma… - Young creators keep their own earnings: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Arkansas minors ages 13 through 17 can produce, create, and publish their own content. They are entitled to all money earned from that content. Minors making their own content are excluded from the law’s definition of a regulated content creator. - Platforms must strengthen protections for minors: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, covered social media platforms must create and use a written, risk-based safety plan. It must address risks from monetizing the intentional sexualization of known minors engaged in content creation and undergo regular reassessment. Optional steps include content and payment… - Children get earnings; parents face duties: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, covered creators must set aside earnings for qualifying minors and keep records. Covered creators are Arkansas parents or legal guardians who make paid image or video content in Arkansas. The earnings rule applies when the creator received at least $15,000 in actual content… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Tyler Dees (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Zack Gramlich (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-16 | Senate | Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 16, 2025 11:34:12 AM | pass | 31 | 2 | 1 | | 2025-04-10 | House | House Vote - Thursday, April 10, 2025 4:09:37 PM | pass | 89 | 1 | | ## Actions (16) - 2025-04-22: Notification that HB1975 is now Act 982 (House) - 2025-04-16: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-16: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-09: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-04-09: Amendment No. 1 & 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-04-09: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-04-08: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 & 2 (House) - 2025-04-02: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House) - 2025-04-02: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1975 - Introduced, 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1975.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=982.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1975 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1975.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=982.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1975-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).