Bill Sponsor
Minnesota House Bill 4138
Session 2025-2026
Social media platform requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media accounts.
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on May 26, 2026
Bill Intelligence

The bill establishes comprehensive regulations for social media platforms regarding accounts for minors. It mandates transparency requirements for platforms, setting limits on account interactions and regulating content quality assessment and user preferences. The bill also specifies detailed statistics on platform usage and product experiments. Additionally, it introduces new rules around age estimation and enhancing the privacy and protection of child accounts, including explicit requirements for verifiable parental consent, privacy settings, and the prohibition of addictive interface features and targeted paid commercial advertising for minors. The bill outlines enforcement mechanisms, including private right of action for violations and consequences for non-compliance. These regulations would apply to accounts created before, on, or after July 1, 2027.

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First Action
Mar 9, 2026
Latest Action
Jul 1, 2026
Origin Chamber
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Type
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Bill Number
4138
State
Minnesota
Session
2025-2026
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House Votes (8)
Motion Text
Repassage, as amended by the Senate
House Roll Call Votes
Unknown
Heintzeman
Yes
Unknown
Momanyi-Hiltsley
Yes
Unknown
Murphy
Yes
Unknown
Nelson
Yes
Unknown
Rarick
Yes
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Xiong
Yes
Summary
Unavailable
07/01/2026
Senate
Effective date 07/01/2026
05/26/2026
Senate
Secretary of State Chapter 111 05/26/26
05/26/2026
Governor of Minnesota
Governor's action Approval 05/26/26
05/26/2026
House
Secretary of State, Filed 05/26/2026
05/26/2026
Governor of Minnesota
Governor approval 05/26/2026
05/20/2026
Senate
Presentment date 05/20/26
05/20/2026
Governor of Minnesota
Presented to Governor 05/20/2026
05/16/2026
House
Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
05/16/2026
House
Third reading as amended by the Senate
05/16/2026
House
Motion prevailed
05/16/2026
House
Motion to concur with Senate amendments
05/16/2026
House
Returned from Senate with amendment
05/15/2026
Senate
Third reading Passed as amended
05/15/2026
Senate
Special Order: Amended
05/14/2026
Senate
Second reading
05/14/2026
Senate
Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4696
05/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4696
05/13/2026
Senate
Introduction and first reading
05/13/2026
Senate
Received from House
05/12/2026
House
Author added Engen
05/12/2026
House
Bill was passed as amended
05/12/2026
House
Third reading as amended
05/12/2026
House
Amended
05/12/2026
House
Amendments offered
05/12/2026
House
Motion prevailed
05/12/2026
House
Motion for reconsideration Greenman amendment
05/12/2026
House
Motion prevailed
05/12/2026
House
Motion for reconsideration Smith amendment
05/12/2026
House
Amended
05/11/2026
House
Author added Koznick
05/11/2026
House
House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 12, 2026
05/06/2026
House
Author added Smith
04/28/2026
House
Author added Myers
04/27/2026
House
Author added Schwartz
04/27/2026
House
Second reading
04/27/2026
House
Committee report, to adopt as amended
04/23/2026
House
Author added Baker
04/20/2026
House
Author added Greene
04/07/2026
House
Author added Dippel, Zeleznikar, and Bakeberg
04/07/2026
House
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
03/23/2026
House
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Commerce Finance and Policy
03/18/2026
House
Author added Swedzinski
03/12/2026
House
Author added Davids
03/09/2026
House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Sources
Record Created
May 6, 2026 5:19:47 AM
Record Updated
Sep 16, 2026 4:35:32 AM