H.R. 7757: KIDS Act

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 29 Jun 2026. Introduced 3 Mar 2026.

Official title: To protect children and teens online, empower parents and strengthen families, and for other purposes.

Vote results

How each member voted

Senate

Not yet considered.

House

Yea (267): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); James Comer (R-KY-1); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); James Gallagher (R-CA-1).

Nay (117): Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); André Carson (D-IN-7); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11).

Not voting (47): Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7).

Not in office (14): Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); David Scott (D-GA-13); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Summary

Main subject: Sets requirements for online platforms, online video game providers and AI chatbot providers with respect to users who are minors, amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to cover teens, and requires studies, reports and Federal Trade Commission and State enforcement. Sec. 103, Sec. 214, Sec. 303, Sec. 404, Sec. 602, Sec. 701

Its core areas: Age verification for websites with sexual material harmful to minors; Safeguards, parental tools and messaging controls on online platforms for minors; Parental safeguards on interactive online video games; AI chatbot disclosures and policies for minor users; Children's and teens' online privacy under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act; Data broker registration with the Federal Trade Commission; Studies, reports and education on minors' online safety; Enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and State attorneys general.

Unexpected Items: 3 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Exception or delay for a subset (2)

Changes a government process (1)

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Approved for publication 1 Oct 2026. Every line names the section it came from.

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