All Roll Calls
Yes: 356 • No: 117
NebraskaLB504109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Adopt the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act
Sponsored By: Carolyn Bosn
Signed by Governor
Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Kids get easy privacy and time tools
Starting January 1, 2026, minors get easy tools to limit who can contact them and to hide their personal data. They can opt out of certain design features, pick a chronological feed, block recommended content, limit in‑game purchases, and stop sharing precise location. Services must offer time‑limit tools. They cannot send push alerts 10:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m., or 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. on weekdays during the school year, in the minor’s local time. Services must show a clear sign when precise location is used. The law defines covered design features (like infinite scroll, time‑based rewards, push alerts, in‑game buys, and appearance filters) and defines precise location as within 1,750 feet, including GPS coordinates. A child is under 13; a minor is under 18.
No targeted ads or dark patterns for kids
Beginning January 1, 2026, services cannot deliver targeted ads to minors. They cannot profile a minor except when needed to provide a service the minor asked for, and only for what the minor is actively using. Services also must not facilitate ads for narcotics, tobacco, gambling, or alcohol to minors. They cannot use dark‑pattern designs that impair a minor’s choice.
Parental controls on by default
Beginning January 1, 2026, services turn on parental tools by default for accounts they know belong to a child. Parents can view and change settings, control privacy, restrict purchases, see total time, and set time limits like school hours or night. Services must show an obvious signal when a child is being monitored. They must tell the child which protections are on. Services must also give minors and parents easy ways to report harms.
Stronger default privacy for kids online
Starting January 1, 2026, services set minors’ settings to the highest protection by default. They must collect only the minimum personal data needed to provide the parts of the service the minor used, use it only for that reason, and delete it when no longer needed. Services do not have to collect extra data just to follow the law. If they collect data to verify age, they cannot reuse it and must delete it after the check.
Which online services must follow kid-safety rules
Beginning January 1, 2026, large data‑driven services that do business in Nebraska must follow these child‑safety rules. A service is covered if it (with affiliates) decides how data is used, makes over $25,000,000 a year, handles data on 50,000+ users/households/devices a year, and gets 50%+ of its revenue from selling or sharing data. A service is excluded if it actually knows fewer than 2% of its users are minors. The law does not apply to government entities. It also does not apply to data covered by GLBA Title V, HIPAA privacy rules (section 264), the HITECH Act, or to clinical‑trial data that follows federal human‑subjects or FDA protections.
Stronger enforcement and fines for violations
Effective January 1, 2026, breaking this law is also a deceptive trade practice under state law. Covered services must name officers who are responsible for compliance. The Attorney General cannot start actions to recover civil penalties under this Act until July 1, 2026. Starting July 1, 2026, violations can bring civil fines up to $50,000 per violation, paid to the State Treasurer under the Nebraska Constitution.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Carolyn Bosn
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 10 • No: 26 • Other: 13
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 44 • No: 0 • Other: 5
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 0 • No: 29 • Other: 20
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 45 • No: 0 • Other: 4
legislature vote • 5/28/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 42 • No: 7
legislature vote • 4/9/2025
Vote
Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
legislature vote • 4/9/2025
Vote
Yes: 45 • No: 0 • Other: 4
legislature vote • 4/9/2025
Vote
Yes: 10 • No: 26 • Other: 13
legislature vote • 2/26/2025
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Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11
legislature vote • 2/26/2025
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Yes: 0 • No: 29 • Other: 20
legislature vote • 2/25/2025
Vote
Yes: 44 • No: 0 • Other: 5
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on May 30, 2025
6/2/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
5/28/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading 42-7*-0
5/28/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
5/28/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on May 28, 2025
5/28/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading with ST16
4/11/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ST16 filed
4/11/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ST16 recorded
4/11/2025legislatureCavanaugh, J. FA87 adopted
4/9/2025legislatureDungan FA91 to AM856 filed
4/9/2025legislatureDungan FA91 lost
4/9/2025legislatureBosn AM856 adopted
4/9/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
4/9/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER21 adopted
4/8/2025legislatureBosn FA16 withdrawn
4/8/2025legislatureBosn AM856 pending
4/8/2025legislatureCavanaugh, J. FA87 to AM856 filed
4/8/2025legislatureBosn AM856 filed
4/1/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File with ER21
3/4/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER21 filed
3/4/2025legislatureDungan MO45 failed
2/26/2025legislatureCavanaugh, J. FA22 filed
2/26/2025legislatureCavanaugh, J. FA22 withdrawn
2/26/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
2/26/2025legislatureBanking, Commerce and Insurance AM169 adopted
2/25/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
6/2/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted