Committee hears App Store Accountability Act to require parental approval at store level

May 21, 2025

Representative Melanie Miller presented House Bill 226, the App Store Accountability Act, proposing age verification and parental approval for app-store downloads for minors; sponsors cited parental polling and similar recent state laws; committee members asked about constitutional and interstate-commerce issues and enforcement fines.

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Representative Melanie Miller told the Ohio House Judiciary Committee that House Bill 226, the App Store Accountability Act, would require app stores to verify a parent or guardian and a child’s age once at the store-account level and require parental approval for downloads by minors.

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