SCOPE Act (Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment)

Requires digital service providers to register users' ages, limit collection and use of minors' data, give parents supervision tools, and filter harmful content for known minors.

Where it stands

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Partially enjoined; Fifth Circuit affirmed the injunctions in part on 2026-07-24 and the attorney general petitioned for rehearing en banc on 2026-09-02Sep 23 weeks ago

Body: Texas Legislature
Session: 2023
Introduced: Feb 16, 2023
In effect since: Sep 1, 20242 years ago
Votes: House 125-20, Senate 31-0, House concurred 120-21
Sponsors: R (Republican)Republican

Kids Privacy Platforms

Official page Source: CourtListener dockets (W.D. Tex. 1:24-cv-00849, 1:24-cv-00945; 5th Cir. 24-50721); Texas Legislature Online

Timeline

Sep 2 3 weeks ago
Attorney general petitioned the Fifth Circuit for rehearing en banc
Jul 24 2 months ago
Fifth Circuit published opinion affirming the preliminary injunctions in part (Nos. 24-50721, 25-50096)
Feb 7, 2025 1 year ago
U.S. District Court granted in part a further preliminary injunction in Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Paxton
Sep 1, 2024 2 years ago
Took effect
Aug 30, 2024 2 years ago
U.S. District Court (W.D. Tex.) granted in part a preliminary injunction in CCIA and NetChoice v. Paxton, blocking parts of the law
Jun 13, 2023 3 years ago
Signed by the governor
May 23, 2023 3 years ago
Passed the Senate
Apr 26, 2023 3 years ago
Passed the House

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