Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: failed. Latest action: April 1, 2026.
Digital Application Store Providers; Social Media Platforms; Individuals Under Sixteen Years of Age; Age Verification; Parental Consent; Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices.
Requires a digital application store provider to verify the age of users, require parental consent for users under sixteen years of age to download or purchase, or make a purchase on, a social media platform, and distribute that information to social media platforms. Requires social media platforms to obtain the age information from digital application store providers, determine whether parental consent has been provided for young persons, and take reasonable steps to identify young person users through their algorithms. Effective 1/1/2077. (HD2)
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0000-00-00 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-01 | Status | failed |
| 2026-04-01 | Latest Action | The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |