Senate adopts bill extending Coogan-style protections to child influencers
The Senate adopted House Bill 10 58 after its committee report; sponsors said the bill extends Coogan's law protections to minors featured in digital content, requiring protections similar to trust arrangements for child performers.
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Senators adopted House Bill 10 58 after the Judiciary Committee report was presented and accepted. Senator Ball outlined the bill as bringing protections like California's Coogan law to the digital era, telling colleagues, "So what this bill does is it extends that to the world of child influencers." She and a co-prime sponsor described a small technical amendment made in committee at the request of the telecommunications industry.
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