Bills / H.R. 7757
H.R. 7757
KIDS Act
In plain English
The KIDS Act would require certain online platforms to add safeguards for minors, including blocking their access to sexual material on sites where more than one-third of the content meets the bill’s harmful-material standard. Social media platforms would have to limit features that encourage repeated use and contact from other users, ban disappearing messages for minors, and give parents privacy and account controls. Online gaming platforms would have to offer parents tools to limit communication and purchases, while AI chatbots would have to tell minors they are not human and provide crisis hotline information. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general would enforce the requirements.
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Sponsor and status
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How South Carolina voted
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · House roll call 228 · 2026-06-29 · Roll-call record ↗
| Jim Clyburn (D) | Joe Wilson (R) | Nancy Mace (R) | Ralph Norman (R) | Russell Fry (R) | Sheri Biggs (R) | William Timmons (R) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | Yea | Not Voting | Nay | Yea | Yea | Yea |
Who lobbied
Lobbying reports name the bills a client worked on. They don't say which side anyone took.
195 reports from 84 clients reporting $127,528,451 in fees and expenses. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.
Businesses and trade groups (55)
- META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES ↗Tech · 3 reports
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. ↗1 report
- GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC ↗Tech · 3 reports
- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION ↗6 reports
- CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION ↗2 reports
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES ↗2 reports
- APPLE INC ↗Tech · 2 reports
- AT&T SERVICES INC AND ITS AFFILIATES ↗4 reports
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE ↗7 reports
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION ↗Finance · 3 reports
- SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ↗Tech · 3 reports
- FOX CORPORATION ↗3 reports
- COX ENTERPRISES INC. ↗3 reports
- EBAY INC. ↗3 reports
- FOOD MARKETPLACE INC ↗3 reports
- SNAP INC. ↗5 reports
- MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC ↗2 reports
- ROBLOX CORPORATION ↗3 reports
- SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC ↗3 reports
- TRANS UNION LLC ↗2 reports
- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY ↗2 reports
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ↗1 report
- LINKEDIN CORPORATION ↗3 reports
- PINTEREST, INC. ↗2 reports
- MCDONALD'S CORPORATION ↗1 report
and 30 more
Advocacy groups and nonprofits (15)
- TECHNOLOGY NETWORK AKA TECHNET ↗3 reports
- NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE ↗5 reports
- MAIN STREET PRIVACY COALITION ↗3 reports
- SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND ↗2 reports
- NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE ↗2 reports
- HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA ↗1 report
- COALITION FOR CHILD PROTECTION & ACCOUNTABILITY ↗5 reports
- 21ST CENTURY PRIVACY COALITION ↗2 reports
- ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗2 reports
- EATING DISORDERS COALITION ↗3 reports
- ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION ↗2 reports
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT ↗4 reports
- SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND (FKA SANDY HOOK PROMISE (SHP)) ↗3 reports
- PARENTS TOGETHER ACTION ↗1 report
- ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENT EDUCATION ↗1 report
Labor unions (1)
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS ↗2 reports
Not classified (13)
- ANTHROPIC ↗2 reports
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS ↗2 reports
- JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA ↗2 reports
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ↗2 reports
- TECHNET ↗2 reports
- INTERNET WORKS ↗3 reports
- AI INTEGRATORS COUNCIL ↗2 reports
- ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS ↗2 reports
- IRON MOUNTAIN ↗2 reports
- MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION ↗1 report
- NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ↗1 report
- ANCESTRY ↗1 report
- BRIGHTCANARY ↗1 report
Groupings are our label from each organization's name and industry, not its legal or tax status.
The connection table
Organizations that lobbied this bill, and money each gave South Carolina's delegates this cycle: its PAC's contributions (FEC) plus its lobbyists' reported contributions and event payments (LD‑203, group events excluded). Exact name matches only. An empty cell means no matching money was found. Under each name is that delegate’s final vote on the bill (passage or last substantive vote). Delegates who didn’t vote on it, for example because they weren’t serving, are grayed out and left out of the Total column.
| Organization | D. GrahamNo vote | L. GrahamNo vote | T. ScottNo vote | J. ClyburnYea | J. WilsonYea | N. MaceNot Voting | R. NormanNay | R. FryYea | S. BiggsYea | W. TimmonsYea | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE | – | $5,000 | – | $20,000 | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | – | $21,000 |
| VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES | – | – | – | $10,000 | – | – | – | $4,000 | – | – | $14,000 |
| NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION | – | – | – | $11,000 | – | – | – | $1,500 | – | – | $12,500 |
| AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES | – | – | – | $10,500 | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | – | $11,500 |
| COX ENTERPRISES INC. | – | – | – | $10,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS | – | – | – | $10,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $10,000 |
| DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | – | – | – | $5,000 | – | – | – | $2,500 | – | – | $7,500 |
| GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES | – | – | – | $6,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $6,000 |
| CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLCLobbying firm for TECHNET, SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (SIIA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $3,000 | $2,500 | – | $5,500 |
| CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.Lobbying firm for TARGET CORPORATION | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $3,291 | – | – | $3,291 |
| MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, INC. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $3,000 | – | – | $3,000 |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $2,000 | – | – | $2,000 |
| ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLPLobbying firm for MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $2,000 | – | – | $2,000 |
| CTIA: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION | – | – | – | – | $500 | – | – | $1,000 | – | – | $1,500 |
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $1,000 |
| TECHNOLOGY NETWORK AKA TECHNET | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $1,000 |
| NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION | – | $5,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | $1,000 |
| APPLE INC. | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $1,000 |
| FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONSLobbying firm for NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | – | $1,000 |
| LINKEDIN CORPORATION | – | – | – | $500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $500 |
| HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLCLobbying firm for IRON MOUNTAIN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $500 | – | $500 |
| RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLCLobbying firm for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $500 | – | – | $500 |
| MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.Lobbying firm for TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC. (FORMERLY NIELSEN) | – | – | – | $500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $500 |
| Total | – | $10,000 | – | $86,500 | $500 | – | – | $25,791 | $4,000 | – |