Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act.
Existing law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires, beginning July 1, 2024, a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements. The act requires the business to complete a data protection impact assessment addressing, among other things, whether the design could harm children and whether and how the online product, service, or feature uses system design features to increase, sustain, or extend use of the online product, service, or feature by children, including the automatic playing of media, rewards for time spent, and notifications. Existing law prohibits the business from using the personal information of any child in a way that the business knows, or has reason to know, is materially detrimental to the physical health, mental health, or well-being of a child.
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California Legislature
20232024
SB 976
California SB 976 (20232024)
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Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act
California SB 976 (20232024) — Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act.
Existing law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires, beginning July 1, 2024, a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements. The act requires the business to complete a data protection impact assessment addressing, among other things, whether the design could harm children and whether and how the online product, service, or feature uses system design features to increase, sustain, or extend use of the online product, service, or feature by children, including the automatic playing of media, rewards for time spent, and notifications. Existing law prohibits the business from using the personal information of any child in a way that the business knows, or has reason to know, is materially detrimental to the physical health, mental health, or well-being of a child.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-29 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-01-30 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 29.
2024-02-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2024-03-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-11 Set for hearing April 23.
2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3724.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2024-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3966.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 4027.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2024-06-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 4. Page 7108.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 5799.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 321, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f62a5e7c-a634-4ad5-a272-8f388830a086. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).