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HB0021
Child Influencers Protection Act
Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 4:24 AM
In one sentence
This law requires vloggers to pay children into a trust account if they earn money from videos featuring those minors and allows adults who were featured as children to request that platforms delete the content.
What it does
- Requires vloggers to put earnings into a separate trust for any child featured in their videos if specific payment thresholds are met.
- Triggers payment requirements when a vlogger qualifies for platform compensation based on views or earns at least 10 cents per view.
- Mandates payment only if the child appears in content that makes up at least 30% of the total duration of all videos posted within any 30-day period.
- Allows adults who were featured as children to request permanent deletion of those videos starting October 1, 2026.
- Requires contracts between vloggers and platforms for content expected to feature a child to include notice about the child's right to have their content deleted.
Who it affects
- Vloggers who create video content for social media in exchange for compensation
- Children whose parent or guardian is the vlogger, or children related to business entities acting as vloggers
- Social media platforms that host this type of video content
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not apply to children working on farms, doing domestic work at home, caddying, delivering newspapers, instructing sailboats, making wreaths, working in certified youth camps, or volunteering for charities under specific conditions.
- Payment is only required if the vlogger meets specific earnings limits and the child appears in a large portion of recent videos.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Vlogger
- An individual or business entity that creates video content for social media in exchange for compensation.
- Child
- A minor whose parent is the vlogger, or a minor related to a business entity acting as a vlogger if their parent has an interest in that business.
- Feature
- Using a person's name or likeness in a video, or making them the subject of a story.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; and applying certain requirements relating to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers.
Official activity
Bill history
- In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.