United StatesS. 1748, Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
In committee, dated 5 August 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 S. 1748 as introduced in the Senate. That print is S. 1748 IS, published 14 May 2025.
Locally, this stage is ordered reported with a substitute by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The stage above is recorded at www.congress.gov.
The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ordered the bill reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute on 5 August 2026. No reported print has been published, so the text as introduced is the latest public version.
What this law does
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Would impose a duty of care on covered online platforms to prevent and mitigate specified harms to minors, require default safeguards and parental tools for known minors, and mandate transparency reporting. An earlier version passed the Senate 91-3 in July 2024 (118th Congress) but died in the House.
Reintroduced May 14, 2025 by Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal with Senate leadership support; pending in the Senate Commerce Committee as of July 2026, and partially consolidated into the House-passed KIDS Act without its duty of care provision.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general (proposed)
What it reaches
Age threshold
17
Covered services
Online platforms, video games, messaging and streaming services likely to be used by minors.
Verification methods
Self declaration, Device signal
When LexLint raises it
operates_social_platformserves_minors
Read the law
official bill text and status, Congress.gov
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