In one paragraph
Colorado's HB 26-1148 as introduced would add minor-protection duties for online gaming businesses (default privacy settings, an account-deletion tool, limits on using a minor's data to recommend media, a 5% fee on minors' add-on purchases) and would require social media platforms to disclose their algorithmic recommendation systems and bar using them to distribute illicit substances to minors. House Judiciary postponed it indefinitely 8-3 on April 7, 2026; it did not pass.
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What it means for business
None: the bill did not pass. It would have covered online gaming businesses and social media platforms with minor users, including algorithm disclosures.
Key provisions
- New C.R.S. 6-1-1901 to 6-1-1910 (as introduced): a covered online gaming business (majority of revenue from online services, accessed by minors) would owe covered minors a minimum duty of care on and after December 1, 2026
- Default privacy settings for minors at the highest level, a tool to unpublish or delete a minor's account honored within 15 days, and no collecting or retaining minors' data beyond what is necessary
- Could not use a covered minor's personal data to select, recommend or prioritize media unless the minor makes a specific request, the data sets privacy or accessibility settings, or it answers a search query; no push notifications to minors from midnight to 6 a.m.
- Covered businesses would collect a fee of 5% on each add-on transaction by a minor, credited to the state public school fund
- New 6-1-1602: social media platforms would have to post the purpose and inputs of each algorithmic recommendation system they use, and how those inputs use minors' personal data
- New 6-1-1603: a social media platform could not use an algorithmic recommendation system to sell or otherwise distribute an illicit substance (controlled substances and certain hemp/THC products) to a minor user
- Violations of the online-gaming part (6-1-1901 to 6-1-1910) would be deceptive trade practices under new C.R.S. 6-1-105(1)(qqqq)
Latest legislative action
Apr 7, 2026. House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| D. Roberts | Sponsor |
| J. Willford | Sponsor |
| M. Weissman | Sponsor |
| Y. Zokaie | Sponsor |
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