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HB 78, Pennsylvania Consumer Data Privacy Act
Pennsylvania House Bill No. 78 (2025-2026 Reg. Sess.), pending
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
Before the second chamber, dated 25 June 2026, as of 12 September 2026.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
As of 15 July 2026.
Where it has got to
The text described here is Printer's Number 3688, as amended by the Senate Communications and Technology Committee. That print is PN 3688, published 24 June 2026.
Locally, this stage is second consideration in the Senate.
The stage above is recorded at www.palegis.us.
House passed HB 78 (PN 1476) 127-76 on 2025-10-01. Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee reported it as committed 14-0 on 2026-02-04 and re-referred it to Communications and Technology same day; that committee re-reported it as amended (PN 3688) 11-0 on 2026-06-24. Senate gave it first consideration 2026-06-24 and second consideration 2026-06-25; no action recorded since. The 2025-2026 session runs through 2026-11-30.
What this law does
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Would require a controller to obtain opt in consent before processing the personal data of a known child under 13, and before processing a known minor's data under 16 for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling producing legal or similarly significant effects.
Passed the House 127 to 76 on October 1, 2025, was reported by the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee on February 4, 2026 and re-referred to the Senate Communications and Technology Committee, which re-reported it as amended on June 24, 2026; it received second consideration on June 25, 2026 but has not passed the full Senate.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalties
Proposed exclusive enforcement by the Attorney General, no private right of action
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Proposed: Pennsylvania Attorney General
What it reaches
Age threshold
16
Covered services
Controllers that would be subject to the proposed Pennsylvania Consumer Data Privacy Act processing data of a known child or minor
When LexLint raises it
serves_minors
Read the law
official Pennsylvania General Assembly bill information page
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