AB 1161 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority.

This bill creates a new section in state statutes to regulate how online services collect and use personal data from minors under 18 years old. It applies to businesses that operate online services in the state, earn most of their revenue from those services, and are likely to be accessed by minors. The law requires covered businesses to implement age-appropriate design features, restrict the collection of sensitive data like biometric and genetic information from minors, and prevent compulsive use patterns that disrupt a minor's daily activities. The bill also grants the state rule-making authority to establish specific standards for how these protections should be implemented and enforced.
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Introduced Mar 13, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Representatives Joers, Billings, Mayadev, Andraca, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Madison, Miresse, Neubauer, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Udell and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Roys, Wall and Spreitzer
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