Colorado legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Colorado HB1418: Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Serv Enter
Status: Vetoed, May 28, 2026
Concerning the provision of services to young people, and, in connection therewith, requiring certain social media platforms that provide online gaming services, products, and features to young people to impose a fee on each add-on transaction and remit the fee to the youth mental health services access enterprise, which enterprise is created in the bill, and to the youth programming and protections enterprise, which enterprise is also created in the bill, to be used to fund programs that provide services to young people, and making an appropriation.
What the bill says
From the chaptered text, June 1, 2026:
HOUSE BILL 26-1418 BY REPRESENTA TIVE(S) Zokaie and Camacho, Bacon, Duran, Gilchrist, Goldstein, Jackson, Lindsay, McCormicQk, Rydin , Mabrey, Nguyen, Ricks; also SENATOR(S) Amabile and Roberts, Cutter, Gonzales J ., Jodeh, Kipp Kolker, Wallace, Coleman. CONCERNIN_G T~ R :;{1~1CE TO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND, IN CONNECTIO ~;J;J., REQUIRING CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS T T PROVIDE ONLINE GAMING SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND FEATURES TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPOSE A FEE ON EACH ADD-ON TRANSACTION AND REMIT THE FEE TO THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS ENTERPRISE, WHICH ENTERPRISE IS CREATED IN THE BILL, AND TO THE YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND PROTECTIONS ENTERPRISE, WHICH ENTERPRISE IS ALSO CREATED IN THE BILL, TO BE USED TO FUND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add pa1t 6 to article 60 of title 27 as follows: PART6 Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions fi'om existing law and such material is not part of the act. YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS ENTERPRISE 27-60-601. Short title. THE SHORT TITLE OF THIS PART 6 IS THE "YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS ENTERPRISE ACT". 27-60-602. Legislative declaration. ( 1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT: (a) (I) YOUNG PEOPLE IN COLORADO AND ELSEWHERE SPEND A …
Sponsors
- Zokaie, Yara (D, 52) · primary sponsor