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Committee hears bill to let parents close minors’ peer‑to‑peer accounts amid trafficking concerns
Summary
A Connecticut bill would let parents close money‑sharing apps opened for minors and access associated transaction data; sponsors and advocates said the measure aims to help identify grooming and trafficking, while committee members flagged legal and implementation questions.
State Representative Liz Linehan urged the Banking Committee on Feb. 27 to give parents a legal path to close and access data from money‑sharing applications opened for children without parental knowledge.
The bill before the committee, Senate Bill 1338, would apply the state’s social‑media account‑closure model to peer‑to‑peer payment services such as Cash App, Venmo and Zelle, and would define transactional records and account‑opening identity as data belonging to the minor and the minor’s parent. Linehan said the measure is intended as a fail‑safe against child grooming and sex trafficking after she described a Connecticut case in which a 15‑year‑old’s account was allegedly opened and sponsored by an unrelated adult and customer‑service staff told the parent they could not release identifying information without a warrant.
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