Updated On:
May 17, 2026
Stop Harms of Addictive Social Media
Requires parental consent for a youth's contract with a social media account; if consent is given, the platform provides modified user experience.
Overview
A 2023 Gallup poll found that teens spend, on average, 20% of their day on social media platforms. Minnesota students reported in the 2025 Minnesota student survey that 1 in 5 of them is on social media between the hours of 12a.m. and 5a.m., 5 school nights a week. Clearly, these products consume the time of American youth.
Kids and teens enter into contracts with these platforms which monetize the data of the youth and consume their time. The companies are contracting with these kids without parental consent or notice.
This bill seeks to mitigate some of the aspects of the harms of social media in two steps:
- Requiring parental consent for teens 15 and younger to have an account on social media platforms
- If consent is given, a different experience must be given for the youth: No commercial advertising or addictive features like infinite scroll, autoplay video, or account metrics
Testimony
Bill Author
Bill Text
HF4138Timeline
Most recent
May 16, 2026
• Returned from Senate with amendment
• Motion to concur with Senate amendments
• Motion prevailed
• Third reading as amended by the Senate
• Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
May 15, 2026
• Special Order: Amended
• Third reading Passed as amended
May 14, 2026
• Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF4696
• Second reading
May 13, 2026
• Received from House
• Introduction and first reading
• Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF4696
May 12, 2026
• Amended
• Motion for reconsideration Smith amendment
• Motion prevailed
• Motion for reconsideration Greenman amendment
• Motion prevailed
• Amendments offered
• Amended
• Third reading as amended
• Bill was passed as amended
• Author added Engen
May 11, 2026
• House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 12, 2026
• Author added Koznick
May 6, 2026
Author added Smith
Apr 28, 2026
Author added Myers
Apr 27, 2026
• Committee report, to adopt as amended
• Second reading
• Author added Schwartz
Apr 23, 2026
Author added Baker
Apr 20, 2026
Author added Greene
Apr 7, 2026
• Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
• Author added Dippel, Zeleznikar, and Bakeberg
Mar 23, 2026
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Commerce Finance and Policy
Mar 18, 2026
Author added Swedzinski
Mar 12, 2026
Author added Davids
Mar 9, 2026
Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
earliest
Bill Author
Bill Text
SF4696Timeline
Most recent
May 14, 2026
Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders HF4138, SF indefinitely postponed
May 13, 2026
• Senate Concurrent Resolution 6 Suspended adopt previous committee report
• Second reading
May 11, 2026
• Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Kreun
• Chief author added Maye Quade
Apr 30, 2026
• Comm report: To pass as amended
• Pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6, referred to Rules and Administration
• Author added Rasmusson
Apr 7, 2026
Author added Maye Quade
Mar 23, 2026
• Introduction and first reading
• Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection
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