COPPA 2.0, KOSA and the KIDS Act (proposed)

These are bills, not law. COPPA 2.0, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the KIDS Act are proposals in the US Congress. Each has passed one chamber at some point, but none has reached the President's desk. The current Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), passed in 1998, covers children under 13.

COPPA 2.0. The Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 836), sponsored by Senator Ed Markey with Senator Bill Cassidy, would amend COPPA to strengthen protections for the online collection, use and disclosure of personal information of children and teens. The Senate passed it by unanimous consent on 5 March 2026; it goes to the House next.

KOSA. The Senate passed an earlier version 91–3 on 30 July 2024, but no further action was taken before the 118th Congress ended. It was reintroduced in May 2025. The Senate version would place a legal duty of care on platforms to prevent harm to minors.

The KIDS Act. The Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (H.R. 7757) folds elements of 14 proposals, including KOSA and COPPA 2.0, into one bill. It would extend privacy protections to teenagers, ban targeted advertising to minors and require platforms to default to their most protective settings for young users. It leaves out KOSA's duty of care. The House passed it 267–117 on 29 June 2026, and it goes to the Senate next.

Why it is stuck. KOSA's Senate sponsors object to the missing duty of care; Senator Richard Blumenthal called the House bill "dead in the Senate".