Arizona HB 2991 (Social Media and App Store Age Checks)
Arizona, United StatesMedium threatArizona's HB 2991 started as a social media and adult-site age check bill, then the Senate rewrote it into an app store and operating system age mandate before it stalled.
Latest update
Senate Committee of the Whole approved it as amended; no final Senate vote followed
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As passed by the House 44-6 on March 5, 2026, HB 2991 barred social media accounts for children under 14 without parental consent and rewrote Arizona's adult-site law so sites had to use "anonymous" or "standard" age verification to confirm visitors are 18. On March 25, a Senate committee replaced the text with a strike-everything amendment aimed at app stores and operating systems: covered companies had to determine or estimate the age of new users at account creation and of existing users within six months, get parental consent before children download apps, and send age brackets (under 13, 13-15, 16-17, 18 and over) to developers. The Senate Committee of the Whole approved the amended bill on June 10, 2026. It never got a final Senate vote and was held in the Senate.
What’s at stake
Both versions put an age check in front of ordinary internet use. The Senate version made the phone's operating system the checkpoint, so a user's age bracket would travel to every app they install.
Our take
Arizona swapped one age check scheme for another halfway through the session, which shows how interchangeable these bills have become. The Legislature lists the Senate text as identical to SB 1747, so the app store version is drafted and ready to be filed again.
Timeline
Senate Committee of the Whole approved it as amended; no final Senate vote followedLatest
Senate Rules Committee, 5-4
Senate committee adopted a strike-everything amendment turning it into an app store bill, 4-2
Passed the House 44-6
House Commerce Committee passed it 10-1
Introduced
Sponsor
Rep. Michael Carbone
Votes
- House — Passed (44 to 6) · March 5, 2026
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