Children's Online Safety legislation in New Jersey

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

Bills in Scope

Past Committee

30 June 2026

Most Recent Action

Children's Online Safety bills in New Jersey

1Past committee

22Introduced or inactive

23 bills in scope

Past committee

A 4015"New Jersey Kids Code Act"; adopts New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code and requires certain online service providers to implement certain measures concerning minors' use of online service.*30 June 2026Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

A 4013Requires Social Media Research Center to research and make recommendations concerning addictive social media behaviors.*30 June 2026In committee A 5305Requires age verification to prohibit minors from accessing sexually explicit material online.23 June 2026In committee A 5272Establishes safety requirements for artificial intelligence companion operators.15 June 2026In committee S 3993Requires age verification and parent or guardian consent for minor's use of social media platform; prohibits certain messaging between adults and minors on social media platform.19 March 2026In committee S 4016Concerns social media privacy and data management for children and establishes New Jersey Children's Data Protection Commission.19 March 2026In committee S 4035Prohibits social media platforms from using certain practices or features that cause child users to become addicted to platform.19 March 2026In committee A 2738Creates penalty for child endangerment via use of social media.19 February 2026In committee A 1324Requires social media companies to take certain actions concerning accounts maintained by or featuring minors.13 January 2026In committee A 1358Concerns social media privacy and data management for children and establishes New Jersey Children's Data Protection Commission.13 January 2026In committee A 3060Establishes public awareness campaign on dangers of social media use to minors; appropriates $500,000.13 January 2026In committee A 3228Requires entities to verify age of persons accessing certain online material and prohibits minors from accessing certain online material.13 January 2026In committee AR 12Urges Congress and President of US to enact "Kids Online Safety Act."13 January 2026In committee S 1826Requires age verification to prohibit minors from accessing sexually explicit material online.13 January 2026In committee S 2308Broadens statute that criminalizes cyber-harassment of minor.13 January 2026In committee S 4669Requires app stores to verify age of person creating account.30 June 2025In committee S 4455Requires age verification to prohibit minors from accessing sexually explicit material online.19 May 2025In committee A 2367Establishes public awareness campaign on dangers of social media use to minors; appropriates $500,000.8 May 2025In committee A 4146Requires entities to verify age of persons accessing certain online material and prohibits minors from accessing certain online material.4 April 2024In committee A 1879Concerns social media privacy and data management for children and establishes New Jersey Children's Data Protection Commission.9 January 2024In committee A 1883Prohibits social media platforms from using certain practices or features that cause child users to become addicted to platform.9 January 2024In committee A 5362Prohibits sale of minor's personal data; requires controllers and processors to provide mechanism for requesting deletion of certain personal data.-Introduced S 4574Establishes offense of harassing, intimidating, or bullying minor; establishes diversionary program for juveniles charged with offense.-Introduced

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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 New Jersey

Children's Online Safety legislation in other jurisdictions

49 more currently hold bills in this tracker

New Jersey 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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