CaliforniaSocial media platforms: child influencers.
What it does
Existing law requires a vlogger to compensate a minor under 18 years of age if the minor is engaged in the work of vlogging, as specified.
More detail
Existing law generally provides for the protection of minors on the internet, including by imposing certain requirements on an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application if it is directed to minors or the operator has actual knowledge that a minor is using it. Among those provisions, existing law requires the operator to permit a minor who is a registered user to remove content or information that the user posted on the operator's internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application, as specified.
This bill would require a social media platform to provide a clear and conspicuous mechanism by which a child influencer, as defined, can request a vlogger, either directly or through a specified notice process, to delete or edit certain paid content that features the child influencer as a minor, as prescribed. The bill would require the vlogger to delete or edit the content so that the child influencer is no longer featured within 10 business days of receiving the request. The bill would define "vlogger" to mean a person who is a parent, legal guardian, or family member of a child influencer who shared images or video content featuring that child influencer constituting at least 30% of the person's content shared on social media platforms and who received compensation for sharing that content featuring the child influencer. The bill would authorize a child influencer to bring a specified civil action against a vlogger who violates the bill.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1022, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 3Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5945.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1247 Padilla et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 26In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1247 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 26Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6551.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 10Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 10Read third time and amended.Major
- Jun 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 23Coauthors revised.
- Jun 17From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Jun 16
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.Minor
- May 20In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 19Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4348.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4270.) (May 14).Minor
- May 12Set for hearing May 14.
- May 11May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- May 4Set for hearing May 11.
- Apr 23Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3979.) (April 21).Major
- Apr 21
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 14April 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Apr 8Set for hearing April 14.
- Apr 7From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3742.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Apr 6
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Set for hearing April 6.
- Mar 4Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P., JUD., and APPR.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Feb 19Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced