Minnesota HF4138: Social media platform requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media accounts.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to civil law; establishing requirements for social media platforms related to accounts for minors; establishing enforcement mechanisms for regulations on child social media accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.

From the engrossed text, May 16, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to civil law; establishing requirements for social media platforms related to accounts for minors; establishing enforcement mechanisms for regulations on child social media accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.33, is amended to read: 325M.33 TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. A social media platform must publicly and conspicuously post the following information on the social media platform's website: (1) an explanation of how the social media platform limits excessive account interactions, including: (i) the maximum limit on the number of times that a user can engage in each specific kind of account interaction in an hour, day, week, and month; and (ii) whether and how the platform engages in any reduction in the ability of accounts to affect other users when the user engages in a high number of account interactions that is below the maximum limit; (2) an explanation detailing how the (ii) assesses users' expressed preferences regarding content; and (iii) utilizes the assessments under items (i) and (ii) in each of the social media platform's algorithmic ranking system, including how the assessments are weighted in relation to other signals in the algorithmic ranking system; (3) statistics on the platform's use with respect to the …

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Sponsors

• Peggy Scott (R) · primary sponsor
• Kristin Bahner (D)
• Kristin Robbins (R)
• Steve Elkins (D)
• Jeff Dotseth (R)
• Keith Allen (R)
• Bernie Perryman (R)
• Davids, Greg (R, 26B)
• Chris Swedzinski (R)
• Tom Dippel (R)
• Natalie Zeleznikar (R)
• Ben Bakeberg (R)

Latest actions

1. July 1, 2026: Effective date
2. May 26, 2026: Secretary of State, Filed
3. May 26, 2026: Governor approval
4. May 20, 2026: Presented to Governor
5. May 16, 2026: Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate vote: 131-2
6. May 16, 2026: Third reading as amended by the Senate
7. May 16, 2026: Motion prevailed
8. May 16, 2026: Motion to concur with Senate amendments
9. May 16, 2026: Returned from Senate with amendment
10. May 15, 2026: Special Order: Amended

Votes

• CONSIDERATION OF MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE - Repassage, as amended by the Senate (May 16, 2026): 131 yea, 2 nay, passed
• the passage of the bill, as amended (May 15, 2026): 66 yea, 0 nay, passed
• CALENDAR FOR THE DAY - Passage, as amended (May 12, 2026): 132 yea, 2 nay, passed
• CALENDAR FOR THE DAY - Amendment, as amended (May 12, 2026): 82 yea, 50 nay, passed
• CALENDAR FOR THE DAY - Amendment, as amended (May 12, 2026): 67 yea, 66 nay, passed
• CALENDAR FOR THE DAY - Amendment to Smith Amendment (May 12, 2026): 67 yea, 67 nay, failed

Common questions

What is HF4138?

HF4138 is a bill in the Minnesota Legislature (94th Legislature 2025-2026): Social media platform requirements established relating to accounts for minors, and enforcement mechanisms established for regulations on child social media accounts.

What does HF4138 do?

In its own words: A bill for an act relating to civil law; establishing requirements for social media platforms related to accounts for minors; establishing enforcement mechanisms for regulations on child social media accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.

What is the status of HF4138?

Signed into law as of July 1, 2026. Latest action: Effective date (July 1, 2026).

Who sponsored HF4138?

Peggy Scott (R), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HF4138?

On the Minnesota Legislature website: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=HF4138&y=2025&ssn=0&b=house