Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 22
- Latest action
- Mar 16, 2026
What it does
The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act would amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to extend privacy protections to teens aged 13 to 16, in addition to children under 13, by expanding the definition of "operator" to include online services, mobile applications, and connected devices, and strengthening rules around the collection, use, disclosure, and deletion of personal information. It prohibits operators from collecting or using personal information of children or teens for individual-specific advertising unless certain exceptions apply, and requires verifiable consent from parents for children or directly from teens before such data is collected. The…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Current step)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.