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HB427 • 2026

CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the duty of care for online platforms that contract with minors

CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the duty of care for online platforms that contract with minors

Children Elections Parental Rights Privacy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Laurie Schlegel
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Sent to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not explicitly define 'minor' in a new way, but rather refers to existing law. The requirement for informing legal representatives is conditional and optional.

Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act

This act updates Louisiana's laws to set rules for online platforms that contract with minors, focusing on privacy settings and parental controls.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines 'microtransactions' as purchases made in video games or using virtual currency that can be bought with real money.
  • Establishes default privacy settings on minor accounts to prevent adults from connecting without permission and restricts visibility of minors’ content.
  • Allows legal representatives (like parents) to choose to be informed if their child is exposed to harmful material or makes connections with other users.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Minors who use online platforms in Louisiana
  • Parents or guardians of minors using these platforms
  • Online platform owners and operators

Terms To Know

Microtransaction
A purchase made in an online video game involving surprise mechanics, new characters, or other in-game items.
Minor
An account holder on the covered platform who resides in Louisiana and is under sixteen years old.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a minor uses an online platform without parental consent.
  • It's unclear how strictly platforms will enforce these new rules.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Plain English: The amendment changes the effective date to January 1, 2027, updates privacy settings for minor accounts, and adds requirements for online platforms to inform legal guardians about certain activities involving minors.

  • Changes the effective date from when the governor signs it to January 1, 2027.
  • Requires covered platforms to set minor accounts to private mode where only connected users can view or respond to content posted by the minor.
  • Allows legal representatives of minors to access a list of connections made by the minor if the platform does not prohibit adults from connecting without express consent.
  • Replaces references to 'sexually explicit material' with 'material harmful to minors'.
  • The amendment text includes technical changes that are not detailed, which limits a full explanation.

Plain English: The amendment to HB427 involves the House voting on changes made by the Senate regarding online platforms' responsibilities when dealing with minors.

  • The amendment reflects a vote in the House to concur with Senate amendments related to online platform contracts involving minors.
  • The official text does not provide specific details about the nature of the Senate's changes or what exactly was concurred upon by the House.

Plain English: The amendment changes how online platforms must handle information about minors by allowing, rather than requiring, the legal guardian of a minor to be informed.

  • Changes the requirement for online platforms to inform the legal representative of a minor to an option that allows them to choose whether or not to be informed.
  • The amendment text does not provide details on how this change will affect other parts of the bill or what specific information can be chosen to be shared with the legal guardian.

Plain English: The amendment modifies the bill to add new requirements for online platforms when dealing with minors, including restrictions on adult connections and visibility settings.

  • Adds a requirement that adults cannot connect with minors without consent from the minor's legal guardian.
  • Allows legal guardians to access lists of their child’s contacts and direct messages through parental supervision tools.
  • Limits the visibility of a minor's account so only connected users can see or respond to content posted by the minor.
  • Requires online platforms to notify legal representatives if minors are exposed to harmful sexually explicit material or make connections with other users.
  • The amendment text does not provide specific details on how these new requirements will be enforced or what penalties may apply for non-compliance.

Plain English: SCAHB427 4335 2813 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB427 4335 2813 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 427 by Representative Schlegel 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "(10)," and before "relative" delete "(C)(4), and (5)(a)" and insert 3 "(C)(1), (4), and (5)" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, line 7, after "(10)," and before "are" delete "(C)(4), and (5)(a)" and insert "(C)(1), 6 (4), and (5)" 7 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-26 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. 2026-05-25 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-25 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-20 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  5. 2026-05-19 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

  6. 2026-05-13 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  7. 2026-05-12 S

    Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-04 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. 2026-04-29 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-28 S

    Reported with amendments.

  11. 2026-03-18 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  12. 2026-03-17 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. 2026-03-17 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-03-16 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.

  15. 2026-03-11 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. 2026-03-10 H

    Reported favorably (8-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  18. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  19. 2026-02-25 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  20. 2026-02-25 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the duty of care for online platforms that contract with minors

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 427
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHLEGEL, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAMBURG,
BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOYD, BOYER, BROUSSARD,
BRYANT, BUTLER, CARLSON, CARVER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT,
COATES, COX, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DEWITT, DICKERSON,
EDMONSTON, EGAN, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GLORIOSO,
HILFERTY, HORTON, ILLG, MIKE JOHNSON, KERNER, KNOX, LAFLEUR,
TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ,
MOORE, MURRAY, NEWELL, OWEN, SPELL, STAGNI, TARVER, TAYLOR,
THOMPSON, VILLIO, WALTERS, WILDER, WILEY, WYBLE, AND
ZERINGUE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 9:2717.4(B)(3) through (10) and (C)(1), (4), and (5), relative to
3 material harmful to minors; to provide for definitions; to make technical changes; to
4 provide relative to settings on minor accounts; to provide for an effective date; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 9:2717.4 (B)(3) through (10) and (C)(1), (4), and (5), are hereby
8 amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §2717.4. Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act
10 * * *
11 B. For purposes of this Section:
12 * * *
13 (3) "Material harmful to minors" has the same meaning as provided in R.S.
14 51:2121.
15 (3) (4)(a) "Microtransaction" means any of the following:
16 (i) A purchase made in an online video game involving surprise mechanics,
17 new characters, or other in-game items.
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1 (ii) A purchase made using a virtual currency that is purchasable or
2 redeemable using cash or credit that is included as part of a paid subscription service.
3 (iii) Any purchase or transfer of virtual currency on a covered platform.
4 (b) The term shall does not include a purchase made in an online video game
5 using a virtual currency that is earned through game play and is not otherwise
6 purchasable or redeemable using cash or credit or included as part of a paid
7 subscription service.
8 (4) (5) "Minor" means an account holder on the covered platform who
9 resides in this state under circumstances where the covered platform reasonably
10 believes or has actual knowledge that the account holder is under the age of sixteen
11 and is not emancipated or married has the same meaning as provided in R.S.
12 9:2717.2.
13 (5) (6) "Nonprofit corporation" means any organization organized on a
14 not-for-profit basis under pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the
15 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
16 (6) (7)(a) "Online platform" means any public website, online service, online
17 application, or mobile application that predominantly provides a community forum
18 for user-generated content, such as sharing videos, images, games, audio files, or
19 other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality
20 environment.
21 (b) A website, online service, online application, or mobile application is not
22 an online platform solely on the basis that it includes a chat, comment, or other
23 interactive function that is incidental to its predominant purpose.
24 (7) (8) "Online video game" means a video game, including an educational
25 video game, that accesses the internet and allows the user to do any of the following:
26 (a) Create and upload content that is not incidental to game play such as
27 character or level designs.
28 (b) Engage in microtransactions within the game.
29 (c) Communicate with other users.
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1 (8) (9) "Precise geolocation" means information derived from technology,
2 including but not limited to global positioning system level latitude and longitude
3 coordinates or other mechanisms, that directly identify the specific location of a
4 natural person with precision and accuracy within a radius of one thousand seven
5 hundred fifty feet. The provisions of this definition shall do not extend to the content
6 of communications.
7 (9) (10) "School" means any child daycare center as defined in R.S.
8 17:407.33, any public or nonpublic school enrolling students in prekindergarten
9 through grade twelve, any institution under the management and supervision of a
10 public postsecondary education management board, any nonpublic college or
11 university, any program or initiative of the Board of Regents, or any proprietary
12 school as defined in R.S. 17:3140.1.
13 (10) "Sexually explicit material" shall have the same meaning as provided
14 in R.S. 25:225.
15 C. Every owner or operator of a covered platform who contracts with a
16 minor, including the creation of an online account, shall owe a duty of care to the
17 minor. The duty of care shall require the covered platform to take reasonable
18 measures in the operation of the covered platform to prioritize the privacy of the
19 minor's account and establish the following default privacy settings for minors:
20 (1) Prohibit an adult from connecting to a minor without express consent
21 from the minor's legal representative or enable the legal representative of a minor to
22 access a list of the connections of the minor, including a list of contacts with whom
23 the minor has exchanged direct messages through the parental supervision tools of
24 the covered platform.
25 * * *
26 (4) Restrict the visibility of the minor's account to only connected accounts
27 Set minor accounts to private mode in a manner in which only users to whom the
28 minor is connected on the covered platform may view or respond to content posted
29 by the minor.
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1 (5) Allow the legal representative of a minor to choose to be informed via
2 text, voice, email, through the legal representative's linked account or through the
3 covered platform's parental control interface within a reasonable time, if any of the
4 following occur:
5 (a) A minor is exposed to sexually explicit material harmful to minors on a
6 covered platform.
7 (b) A connection is made between a minor and any other user on a covered
8 platform unless the legal representative of the minor is connected to the account of
9 the minor through the covered platform's parental supervision tools.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. Section 2 of Act No. 236 of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature
12 of Louisiana is hereby repealed in its entirety.
13 Section 3. Section 1 of Act No. 236 of the 2025 Regular Session and the provisions
14 of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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