Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 25-1287: Social Media Tools for Minor Users & Parents
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 25-1287 is a bill introduced in the Colorado House on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Social Media Tools for Minor Users & Parents. Primary sponsor: Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Byron Pelton (Republican), Meghan Lukens (Democratic), Jarvis Caldwell (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2025): House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
The bill establishes certain requirements for social media companies and social media platforms in order to protect Colorado minor users. Specifically, the bill: Relocates, with amendments, certain language requiring a social media platform to include a function that provides minor users information about their engagement in social media, which language was enacted in 2024 by House Bill 24-1136; Requires a social media company to implement an age assurance system to determine whether a current or prospective Colorado user on the social media company's social media platform is a minor; Requires a social media company to provide tools and settings for a minor user to control their own experience using a social media platform; Requires a social media company to provide tools and settings for parents to support a minor user of a social media platform; Specifies minimum capabilities for the tools and settings; Requires a social media company to take additional specific measures to maximize the privacy and security of minor users; Prohibits a social media platform from leading or encouraging a minor or parent to provide personal information, provide consent, disable safeguards or parental tools, or forgo privacy or security protections using a mechanism or interface that is designed to substantially subvert or impair, or that is manipulated with the effect of substantially subverting or impairing, user autonomy, decision-making, or choice; Deems the use of a design, algorithm, or feature to increase, sustain, or extend a minor user's engagement with, or use of, a social media platform to be processing that presents a heightened risk of harm to minors, as defined in existing law, and therefore subject to certain data analysis requirements; and Authorizes the attorney general to adopt rules to implement the bill.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dafna Michaelson Jenet | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Byron Pelton | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 1 |
| Meghan Lukens | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 26 |
| Jarvis Caldwell | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 20 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services