Children's Online Safety legislation in Alabama

Every bill in the Alabama Legislature that falls inside the Children's Online Safety Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in Scope

Past Committee

7 April 2026

Most Recent Action

Children's Online Safety bills in Alabama

2Enacted

2Past committee

8Introduced or inactive

12 bills in scope

Enacted

HB 161Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General authorized to bring action for violations as deceptive trade practice, parents authorized to bring civil action17 February 2026Enacted SB 186Consumer protection; filter requirements on Internet enabled devices, penalties for violation14 May 2025Enacted

Past committee

HB 318Traffic infractions; parental electronic notification system authorized25 February 2026Passed chamber SB 187Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General authorized to bring action for violations as deceptive trade practice, parents authorized to bring civil action1 May 2025Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

SB 234Proof of Age; require certain retailers to use digital or card-swipe technology to verify customer age at point of sale7 April 2026Dead HB 173Consumer protection; access by minors to certain platform portions restricted; hours for sending notifications to covered minors limited; default platform settings on certain platforms required; mechanism for more stringent optional settings required; annual disclosure of certain data by covered operators required; violations a deceptive trade practice24 February 2026In committee HB 324Artificial intelligence; age verification systems required for chatbots, safeguard protocols required, therapy chatbot requirements established, private right of action and enforcement provided for22 January 2026In committee HB 219Consumer protection; software applications, age appropriateness, rules established for app developers and app distribution providers, civil penalties established14 January 2026In committee HB 170Social media content; trust required for certain minors who are performers or featured in social media content, calculation of compensation and designation of trustee for trust provided for, procedure for adult to request removal of social media content featuring themselves as a minor required for social media companies, cause of action created against certain individuals who fail to comply with trust and social media content requirements13 January 2026In committee HB 171Social media; certain media feeds lacking age verification, Attorney General authorized to enforce13 January 2026In committee HB 276Consumer protection, requires social media platforms terminate certain accounts, display notifications, prohibit certain actions, use age verification, provide certain tools, remove certain content, penalties provided for violations13 February 2025In committee HB 235Social media, individuals under 16 years of age prohibited from creating accounts, age verification required, penalties for violations established6 February 2025In committee

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Coverage depth varies by jurisdiction. How this is measured, and where it is thinner.

What's In Scope

How Children's Online Safety bills are selected

In scope is any bill attaching a duty to an account held by a minor, or to the party providing it: age verification and age assurance, age-appropriate design codes, default settings and engagement design for minor accounts, app store and device-level accountability, companion chatbots where a minor is the user, and parental consent for account creation.

Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.

Other practice areas in Alabama

Children's Online Safety legislation in other jurisdictions

49 more currently hold bills in this tracker

Alabama is one of Children's Online Safety's jurisdictions

The tracker follows this subject everywhere it is legislated, and publishes a monthly issue on what moved across all of them.

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