---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social media platforms requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media accounts."
description: "Social media platforms requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 4138"
citation: "Minnesota HF 4138 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-03-09"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5682d217-83a6-4826-9a2b-c304d7a7a3b4"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "1580ce743d8e3d9a2c28d2b2c0bf8e97b437588d39725093aff004a24b782f07"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
---

# Minnesota HF 4138 (2025-2026) — Social media platforms requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media accounts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/ue/1/)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/2/)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/3/)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/4/)
6. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/5/)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Amendment — **15–111** (fail) · lower
- Amendment, as amended — **82–50** (pass) · lower
- Amendment to Smith Amendment — **83–47** (pass) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **132–2** (pass) · lower
- Amendment to Smith Amendment — **67–67** (fail) · lower
- Amendment, as amended — **67–66** (pass) · lower
- Amendment to Smith Amendment — **67–66** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bahner — cosponsor (person)
- Bakeberg — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Davids — cosponsor (person)
- Dippel — cosponsor (person)
- Dotseth — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Engen — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Koznick — cosponsor (person)
- Maye Quade — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Perryman — cosponsor (person)
- Robbins — cosponsor (person)
- Schwartz — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Zeleznikar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-03-09** Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Author added Davids
- **2026-03-18** Author added Swedzinski
- **2026-03-23** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Commerce Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Author added Dippel, Zeleznikar, and Bakeberg
- **2026-04-20** Author added Greene
- **2026-04-23** Author added Baker
- **2026-04-27** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-27** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-27** Author added Schwartz
- **2026-04-28** Author added Myers
- **2026-05-06** Author added Smith
- **2026-05-11** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- **2026-05-11** Author added Koznick
- **2026-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Motion for reconsideration Smith amendment
- **2026-05-12** Motion prevailed
- **2026-05-12** Motion for reconsideration Greenman amendment
- **2026-05-12** Motion prevailed
- **2026-05-12** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-12** Author added Engen
- **2026-05-16** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2026-05-16** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2026-05-16** Motion prevailed
- **2026-05-16** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2026-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2026-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** Governor approval 05/26/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Secretary of State, Filed 05/26/2026
- **2026-05-13** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-05-13** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-05-13** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4696 `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-14** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4696
- **2026-05-14** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-15** Special Order: Amended
- **2026-05-15** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/26
- **2026-05-26** Governor's action Approval 05/26/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Secretary of State Chapter 111 05/26/26
- **2026-07-01** Effective date 07/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5682d217-83a6-4826-9a2b-c304d7a7a3b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).