Colorado Senate Bill 51
Session 2026A
Age Attestation on Computing Devices
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 27, 2026
Sponsors
2 Sponsors
M. Ball
A. Paschal
First Action
Jan 27, 2026
Latest Action
Feb 27, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
51
State
Colorado
Session
2026A
A. Paschal
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Sponsor
M. Ball
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Sponsor
checkPassed on February 24, 2026
Motion Text
Refer Senate Bill 26-051, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary
The bill requires an operating system provider to:Provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date or age of the user of that device to provide a signal regarding the user's age bracket (age signal) to applications available in a covered application store;Provide an application developer (developer) that requests an age signal, with respect to a particular user, the technical ability to call an age signal via a reasonably consistent real-time application programming interface that identifies, at a minimum, the user's age-bracket data; andSend only the minimum amount of information necessary to comply with the bill. An operating system provider shall not share an age signal with a third party for a purpose not required by the bill.The bill requires a developer to request an age signal with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the developer's application is downloaded and launched. A developer that receives an age signal is deemed to have knowledge of the age range of the user to whom that age signal pertains across all platforms of the application and points of access of the application. However, if a developer has clear and convincing information that a user's age is different than the age indicated by an age signal, the developer shall use that information as the primary indicator of the user's age range.A developer shall not:Request more information from an operating system provider or a covered application store than is necessary to comply with the bill; orShare an age signal with a third party for a purpose not required by the bill.A person that violates the bill must pay a civil penalty of not more than $2,500 for each minor affected by each negligent violation or not more than $7,500 for each minor affected by each intentional violation. The penalty is assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Committee Report for Business, Labor, & Technology on 02/24/2026
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02/27/2026
Senate
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments
02/24/2026
Senate
Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/27/2026
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
Sources
CO Legislature
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Record Created
Jan 28, 2026 12:50:18 PM
Record Updated
Feb 28, 2026 1:07:37 AM