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Committee advances bill to require online platforms to notify parents when minors connect; amendments adopted
Summary
The House Civil Law and Procedure Committee advanced HB 37, authored by Rep. Schlegel, requiring online platforms that interact with minors to adopt minimum safeguards and notify legal representatives when connections are made; the committee adopted an amendment package and reported the bill with amendments.
Representative Lori Schlegel pressed the committee Wednesday to require digital platforms that interact with children to take minimum steps to prevent online grooming and alert parents when a minor connects with another user.
"If you're going to contract with a child, you need to put minimum guardrails in place to protect them," Representative Schlegel told the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, summarizing the purpose of HB 37.
The bill establishes a duty of care for covered platforms that contract with or otherwise interact with minors. Schlegel said the measure would prohibit an adult from initiating contact with a minor on a covered platform; bar platforms from disclosing the precise geolocation of a minor; require parental notifications in certain circumstances including when a connection is made between a minor and any user, and…
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