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NebraskaLB504109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature

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: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Stronger privacy defaults for kids online

Beginning January 1, 2026, covered services must set the highest‑privacy defaults for minors. They may collect only the minimum personal data needed to run the features a minor uses, and must delete age‑check data after use. Targeted ads to minors are banned. Services must show a clear sign if they collect precise location, avoid push alerts from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school‑year weekdays (local time), and limit profiling to what is needed for a requested feature. Minors get easy tools to limit who can contact them, hide their data, opt out of engagement‑driving features, choose a simple time‑ordered feed or block recommendation types, limit in‑game purchases, restrict precise location, see when tracking happens, and set time limits.

No harmful ads or manipulative designs for kids

Beginning January 1, 2026, covered services cannot show or help show ads for narcotics, tobacco, gambling, or alcohol to minors. Services also cannot use dark patterns that undermine a minor’s choices, including any dark patterns identified by the FTC as of January 1, 2024.

Parents control child accounts and spending

Beginning January 1, 2026, when a service knows a user is a child, parental tools are on by default. Parents can view and change the child’s account and privacy settings, block purchases and money transactions, see total time spent, and set time‑of‑day limits like school hours and night. The service must tell the child when these parental tools are active and what settings apply.

Simple ways to report online harm

Beginning January 1, 2026, every covered service must offer an easy way for minors and parents to report harm or safety problems on the service.

Penalties, compliance officers, and child-first rule

Beginning January 1, 2026, every covered service must name one or more officers to ensure compliance. If this law conflicts with another, the rule that best protects minors controls. Starting July 1, 2026, violations can be treated as deceptive trade practices, with civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation. The Attorney General cannot seek these civil penalties before July 1, 2026. Collected penalties go to the State Treasurer.

Which online services must follow this law

Beginning January 1, 2026, a company is covered if it does business in Nebraska, decides how to process consumer data, makes over $25,000,000 a year (adjusted every odd‑numbered year and rounded to the next $1,000), handles data for 50,000+ consumers/households/devices a year, and gets 50% or more of its revenue from selling or sharing consumer data. Affiliates and some joint‑venture owners (40%+) can also make a company covered. A service is not covered if it actually knows fewer than 2% of its users are minors, with only a one‑time data check allowed and that data must be deleted. The law also excludes government operations and data already governed by certain federal privacy laws (GLBA Title V, HITECH, and HIPAA regulations), and clinical‑trial data under federal protections.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Carolyn Bosn

    Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 356 • No: 117

legislature vote • 5/28/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 42 • No: 7

legislature vote • 4/9/2025

Vote

Yes: 45 • No: 0 • Other: 4

legislature vote • 4/9/2025

Vote

Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10

legislature vote • 4/9/2025

Vote

Yes: 10 • No: 26 • Other: 13

legislature vote • 2/26/2025

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • 2/26/2025

Vote

Yes: 0 • No: 29 • Other: 20

legislature vote • 2/25/2025

Vote

Yes: 44 • No: 0 • Other: 5

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 10 • No: 26 • Other: 13

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 0 • No: 29 • Other: 20

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 44 • No: 0 • Other: 5

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 45 • No: 0 • Other: 4

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on May 30, 2025

    5/30/2025legislature

  2. Presented to Governor on May 28, 2025

    5/28/2025legislature

  3. President/Speaker signed

    5/28/2025legislature

  4. Passed on Final Reading 42-7*-0

    5/28/2025legislature

  5. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    5/28/2025legislature

  6. Enrollment and Review ST16 recorded

    4/11/2025legislature

  7. Enrollment and Review ST16 filed

    4/11/2025legislature

  8. Placed on Final Reading with ST16

    4/11/2025legislature

  9. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    4/9/2025legislature

  10. Bosn AM856 adopted

    4/9/2025legislature

  11. Dungan FA91 lost

    4/9/2025legislature

  12. Dungan FA91 to AM856 filed

    4/9/2025legislature

  13. Cavanaugh, J. FA87 adopted

    4/9/2025legislature

  14. Cavanaugh, J. FA87 to AM856 filed

    4/8/2025legislature

  15. Bosn AM856 pending

    4/8/2025legislature

  16. Bosn FA16 withdrawn

    4/8/2025legislature

  17. Enrollment and Review ER21 adopted

    4/8/2025legislature

  18. Bosn AM856 filed

    4/1/2025legislature

  19. Enrollment and Review ER21 filed

    3/4/2025legislature

  20. Placed on Select File with ER21

    3/4/2025legislature

  21. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2/26/2025legislature

  22. Cavanaugh, J. FA22 withdrawn

    2/26/2025legislature

  23. Cavanaugh, J. FA22 filed

    2/26/2025legislature

  24. Dungan MO45 failed

    2/26/2025legislature

  25. Dungan MO45 pending

    2/25/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    1/21/2025

    PDF

  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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