Nebraska Age-Appropriate Online Design Code (LB 504)
What it does
Covered online services likely to be accessed by minors must default to high privacy, avoid manipulative design, and stop collecting or selling minors' data beyond what the service needs. Governor Pillen requested the bill, Senator Bosn introduced it in January 2025, and it passed with broad bipartisan support before being signed May 30, 2025. It became operative January 1, 2026, and since July 1, 2026 the attorney general can bring actions, with civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation.
Why it matters
A governor-driven kids code passing a deep-red unicameral legislature almost unanimously settles the question of whether design codes are a partisan project. They are not. The model is national now, and Nebraska's is already enforceable.
Our take
Bipartisan, governor-requested, $50,000 a violation, and live right now. The design codes all need the same input to function: a way to sort users by age. Nebraska's is the first kids code where the enforcement clock is actually running.
Votes
- Legislature — Final reading (42 to 7) · May 28, 2025
Timeline
- May 30, 2025Signed by Governor Pillen
- January 1, 2026Became operative
- July 1, 2026AG enforcement authority began
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