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SB839 • 2026

Social media; categorizing social media platforms as addictive. Effective date.

Social media; categorizing social media platforms as addictive. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Thompson
Last action
2025-03-11
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Social media; categorizing social media platforms as addictive. Effective date.

Social media; categorizing social media platforms as addictive.

What This Bill Does

  • Social media; categorizing social media platforms as addictive.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 839 (Senate): Introduced (1/17/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-11 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2025-03-06 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed

  3. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)

  4. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Technology and Telecommunications

  5. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Thompson

Official Summary Text

Social media; categorizing social media platforms as addictive. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 839 (Senate): Introduced (1/17/2025)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
March 6, 2025

SENATE BILL NO. 839 By: Thompson of the Senate

and

Moore of the House

An Act relating to social media; defining term;
categorizing social media platforms as addictive;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 205 of Title 75A, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
1. For purposes of this section, “social media platform” means
a website or internet medium that:
a. permits a person to become a registered user,
establish an account, or create a profile for the
purpose of allowing users to create, share, and view
user-generated content through such an account or
profile,
b. enables one or more users to generate content that can
be viewed by other users of the medium, and

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c. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact
with content generated by other users of the medium.
2. Social media platforms shall be deemed addictive and
dangerous to mental health, especially that of minors.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
March 6, 2025 - DO PASS