HB 1016: Labor; compensation for minors; Internet content; records; trust account; civil action; effective date. - Oklahoma

House Committee Substitute → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a House Committee Substitute to the Floor Version, resulting in significant formatting and structural cleanup. The core policy language regarding minor compensation, record-keeping, and content removal remains substantively identical, with only minor spacing adjustments and the addition of sponsor names.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated to reflect the 'Floor Version' rather than the 'Committee Substitute' and added the names of the bill sponsors (McCane and Deck of the House, Bergstrom of the Senate).

Page numbering, footer text, and internal spacing were standardized to remove duplicate headers and formatting artifacts from the committee markup process.

Indentation and line breaks within the legal text were adjusted to align with standard floor version formatting, but the actual legal definitions and requirements did not change.

Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reorganized from a proposed policy substitute to a formal House Committee Substitute, standardizing the document structure and page numbering. Substantively, the definitions and requirements for minors in online content remain identical to the previous version, establishing compensation rules, trust account mandates, and content removal protocols for minors aged 13 and older.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged; it continues to apply to content creators and online platforms operating in Oklahoma involving minors.

TECHNICAL

The document format was updated from a 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to a standard 'House Committee Substitute,' removing committee amendment headers and renumbering sections to align with official legislative formatting.

Standard state legislative headers, including the official title page and session information, were inserted to replace the previous committee-specific formatting.

The specific 'Committee Amendment' motion text and the 'Proposed Policy' label were removed as the bill moved to the official House substitute stage.

Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 → Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the committee designation from 'Oversight' to 'Policy' and updated the bill title to reflect this shift. Additionally, the page numbering for the required records was changed from 16708 to 16120, while the substantive legal text regarding compensation and trust accounts for minors remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and legal applicability remain unchanged; the amendments are primarily administrative, affecting committee classification and document tracking numbers.

TECHNICAL

Changed the committee designation from 'Proposed Oversight Committee Substitute' to 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' throughout the document.

Updated the required record number from 16708 to 16120 in the footer of the pages.

Removed the name 'Deck' from the list of bill sponsors, leaving only 'McCane'.

Engrossed → Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was completely rewritten from scratch by the committee. The new version simplifies the language, removes specific thresholds for views and compensation, and tightens the rules for trust accounts and content removal.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on protecting minors in online content creation, but the specific criteria for determining when a minor is 'engaged' in this work have been simplified and made more uniform.

DEFINITION

The detailed criteria for determining if a minor is engaged in content creation were removed. The new version relies on a simpler standard: a minor is engaged if the content creator receives compensation greater than $10,000 in a year, or if the content meets the platform's threshold for generating compensation.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for content removal was changed from 'shall be deleted' to 'must be deleted,' and the trigger for removal was broadened to include requests from anyone, not just the minor.

The trust account rules were simplified. The new version removes the specific provision about money becoming available upon emancipation and consolidates the requirements for the account holder and fund availability.

ENFORCEMENT

The Attorney General was explicitly added as an authorized enforcer of the new act, whereas the original text did not explicitly grant this authority.

TECHNICAL

The original bill's complex calculation for splitting earnings among multiple minors based on screen time was removed and replaced with a simpler rule of equal division.

Introduced → Engrossed · 6 edits · Mar 11, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was amended to expand eligibility for compensation by adding a new threshold for creators earning over $10,000, clarify that compensation applies to minors regardless of whether they are the primary content creator, and strengthen enforcement by allowing civil lawsuits for failure to maintain records. The bill also updated the required records to include total compensation generated and modified the content removal section to specify that likeness removal requests apply to children.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include content creators who earn more than $10,000 annually, whereas the original version only covered those meeting specific view-count thresholds. Additionally, the scope of compensation now explicitly covers minors who appear in content created by others, not just minors who produce their own videos.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new criterion where minors are considered engaged in content creation if the creator receives compensation greater than $10,000, expanding the bill's reach beyond just high-view-count videos.

Clarified that compensation is required for any minor appearing in content, even if the minor did not personally produce the video.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the list of required records to explicitly include the total compensation generated from content featuring minors.

Changed the content removal section to specify that requests for deletion apply to children (likeness of a child) rather than just minors.

DEFINITION

Revised the definition of 'Content creator' to explicitly state that it does not include a person under 18 who produces their own video content.

ENFORCEMENT

Added provisions authorizing civil actions and damages for failures to maintain records or comply with the act.

Labor; compensation for minors; Internet content; records; trust account; civil action; effective date.

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