Kentucky
General Assembly

01/07/26	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
01/14/26	to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
02/18/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/19/26	2nd reading, to Rules
02/24/26	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/04/26	floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026
03/05/26	floor amendments (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) filed to Committee Substitute
03/06/26	floor amendment (8) filed to Committee Substitute
03/09/26	floor amendment (9) filed to Committee Substitute 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (6)
03/10/26	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete references to AI companion platforms; alter definitions; change specified ages of children and minors; establish civil liability in an amount equal to or greater than $10,000 or actual damages.
Index Headings	Attorney General - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Children And Minors - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Civil Actions - Social media, addictive features, liability Communications - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Consumer Protection - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Data Protection - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Technology - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	M. Lockett
Summary	Retain original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish requirements to protect minors from social media platforms using addictive features and predatory data collection; define terms; require social media platforms to refine their age verification for users; prohibit social media platforms from maintaining accounts for children without verifiable parental consent; create a private right of action for violations by social media platforms; authorize the Attorney General to enforce violations.
Index Headings	Attorney General - Social media and AI companion platforms, addictive features, age verification, enforcement Children And Minors - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Civil Actions - Social media platorms, addictive features, age verification Communications - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Consumer Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Data Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Technology - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. Lehman
Summary	Retain original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish requirements to protect minors from social media platforms using addictive features and predatory data collection; define terms; require social media platforms to refine their age verification for users; prohibit social media platforms from maintaining accounts for children without verifiable parental consent; create a private right of action for violations by social media platforms; authorize the Attorney General to enforce violations.
Index Headings	Attorney General - Social media and AI companion platforms, addictive features, age verification, enforcement Children And Minors - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Civil Actions - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Communications - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Consumer Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Data Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Technology - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	M. Lehman
Summary	Retain original provisions; delete definition of "verifiable parental consent" and all references to "verifiable parental consent."
Index Headings	Children And Minors - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Consumer Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Data Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Information Technology - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Technology - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Communications - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Attorney General - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification, enforcement Civil Actions - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	S. Rudy
Summary	Retain original provisions, except remove the added requirement that the covered social media platform has retained documentation sufficient to reasonably establish that it has obtained verifiable parental consent.
Index Headings	Children And Minors - Social media, verifiable parental consent Communications - Social media, verifiable parental consent Consumer Protection - Social media, verifiable parental consent Data Protection - Social media, verifiable parental consent Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media, verifiable parental consent

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	S. Rudy
Summary	Retain original provisions, except define "child" or "minor" to mean an individual under the age of 18; raise the age threshold from 15 to 17 years of age to determine if the account holder is to be treated as an individual or a child; provide liability protection for covered social media platforms when conducting age estimation; make technical changes.
Index Headings	Technology - Social media, age verification Children And Minors - Social media, age verification Communications - Social media, age verification Consumer Protection - Social media, age verification Data Protection - Social media, age verification Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media, age verification Technical Corrections - Social media, age verification

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	S. Rudy
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete civil action provision to langauge identical to KRS 367.3627; grant Attorney General enforcement authority.
Index Headings	Attorney General - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Children And Minors - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Civil Actions - Social media, addictive features, liability Communications - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Consumer Protection - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Data Protection - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations Technology - Social media, addictive features, definitions and enforcement of violations

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 7
Sponsor	S. Rudy
Summary	Retain original provisions; Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish requirements to protect minors from social media platforms using addictive features and predatory data collection; define terms; require social media platforms to refine their age verification for users; prohibit social media platforms from maintaining accounts for children without verifiable parental consent; create a private right of action for violations by social media platforms; authorize the Attorney General to enforce violations.
Index Headings	Attorney General - Social media and AI companion platforms, addictive features, age verification, enforcement Children And Minors - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Civil Actions - Social media platorms, addictive features, age verification Communications - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Consumer Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Data Protection - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification Technology - Social media platforms, addictive features, age verification

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 8
Sponsor	V. Grossl
Summary	Retain original provisions, except define "profile-based feed" to mean a stream of content that is selected or prioritized by the social media platform for display to an account holder based on their personal information and include exceptions; require social media platforms to turn addictive metrics off by default for every child and not allow platforms to provide any user interface with the purpose of impairing and subverting a child's decision making; prohibit social media platforms from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any unnecessary personal information of a child; prohibit social media platforms from using previously collected personal information of a child for any purpose other than complying with any obligation of this chapter; prohibit social media platforms from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any unnecessary personal information of a child; prohibit social media platforms from using previously collected personal information of a child for any purpose other than complying with any applicable state or federal law or regulation; remove interpretative limiting provisions; make technical changes.
Index Headings	Children And Minors - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Communications - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Consumer Protection - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Data Protection - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Technical Corrections - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Technology - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 9
Sponsor	V. Grossl
Summary	Retain original provisions, except define "addictive metrics" to mean the display of personal metrics that indicate the number of times other users interact with the account holder and the display of awards, badges, tiers, or any other recognition based on the account holder's usage of the social media platform; define "profile-based feed" to mean a stream of content that is selected or prioritized by the social media platform for display to an account holder based on their personal information and include exceptions; require social media platforms to turn addictive metrics off by default for every child and not allow platforms to provide any user interface with the purpose of impairing and subverting a child's decision making; prohibit social media platforms from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any unnecessary personal information of a child; prohibit social media platforms from using previously collected personal information of a child for any purpose other than complying with any obligation of this chapter; prohibit social media platforms from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any unnecessary personal information of a child; prohibit social media platforms from using previously collected personal information of a child for any purpose other than complying with any applicable state or federal law or regulation; remove interpretative limiting provisions; make technical changes.
Index Headings	Children And Minors - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Communications - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Consumer Protection - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Data Protection - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Technical Corrections - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions Technology - Social media, addictive metrics, personal information, restrictions