SB 978 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

SB 978 requires online services likely accessed by minors (like social media or games) to design features that protect young users. It prohibits features causing "compulsive use" (e.g., endless scrolling) and restricts collecting sensitive data like biometrics or genetic information without clear consent. Businesses must set default privacy settings to the most protective level for minors and cannot use algorithmic recommendations to target them in ways that disrupt daily activities. The law also gives state agencies authority to create rules for identifying minors and enforcing these requirements, applying to businesses generating most revenue from online services in the state.
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Introduced Feb 6, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Roys, Wall and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Billings, Mayadev, Andraca, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Madison, Miresse, Neubauer, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs and Udell
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