The November 6, 2025 preliminary injunction against the warning requirement remains in place. On September 22, 2026, the Tenth Circuit granted Colorado's unopposed motion and vacated the November 16, 2026 oral argument; a new date has not been set.
Colorado HB24-1136 (Social Media Warnings)
BadLawCO HB24-1136
Colorado, United StatesMedium threat
Colorado, United StatesMedium threatWarning requirement enjoined Nov 2025 (First Amendment)
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Became Law
Stage 4 of 4: Became Law
Ordered social media platforms to push state-scripted warning pop-ups at under-18 users, struck down by a federal court as compelled speech.
Latest update
Tenth Circuit vacated the November 16 oral argument; new date to be set
What it does
Colorado HB24-1136 told social media platforms with more than 100,000 users in the state to push a warning to under-18 users, set off after an hour of use in a day and during late-night hours, or to hand younger users state-framed material about social media and the developing brain. The law also funded a state education resource bank on youth social media health. It set no age check and no account ban.
What’s at stake
The government wrote the message and made private platforms deliver it, which is where the First Amendment problem starts. Judge William Martinez blocked the warning requirement in November 2025 as compelled speech, and Colorado is appealing to the Tenth Circuit.
Our take
Colorado tried to script what platforms must tell minors, and a federal court stopped it. Forcing a company to carry the state's message is a speech problem the same way forcing its silence is, and it belongs in this tracker for that reason.
Timeline
Tenth Circuit vacated the November 16 oral argument; new date to be setLatest
Colorado asked the Tenth Circuit to reschedule oral argument (unopposed)
Tenth Circuit scheduled oral argument for November 16, 2026
Warning requirement blocked as compelled speech
Signed by Governor Polis
Sponsors
Rep. Rose Pugliese, Rep. Judy Amabile, Sen. Lisa Cutter, Sen. Jim Smallwood
Votes
- House — Third reading (54 to 7) · March 11, 2024
- Senate — Third reading (28 to 7) · April 18, 2024
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