Congressman Brett Guthrie, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Gus Bilirakis, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, have announced a hearing focused on legislative measures to improve online safety for children and teens.
The hearing, titled "Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online," will take place on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 10:15 AM ET in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The session is open to both the public and the press and will also be available via livestream at energycommerce.house.gov.
In a joint statement, Chairmen Guthrie and Bilirakis said: “For too long, tech companies have failed to adequately protect children and teens from perils online. One week from today, this Committee will begin advancing a suite of online safety bills to address the challenges facing our kids in the digital age. Parents and lawmakers both agree on the importance of enacting meaningful protections that can stand the test of time, so we look forward to this important first step.”
The hearing will examine a range of proposed bills addressing various aspects of children's online safety. Among them are:
- H.R. 6291, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
- Kids Online Safety Act
- Reducing Exploitative Social Media Exposure for Teens (RESET) Act
- H.R. 2657, Sammy’s Law
- H.R. 3149, App Store Accountability Act
- H.R. 1623, Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act
- H.R. 6290, Safe Social Media Act
- H.R. 6253, Algorithmic Choice and Transparency Act
- H.R. 6259, No Fentanyl on Social Media Act
- H.R. 6289, Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act
- Safeguarding Adolescents From Exploitative (SAFE) Bots Act
- Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act
- H.R. 5360, AI Warnings And Resources for Education (AWARE) Act
- H.R. 6265, Safer Guarding of Adolescents from Malicious Interactions on Network Games (GAMING) Act
- Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act
- H.R. 6273, Stop Profiling Youth and (SPY) Kids Act
- H.R. 6257, Safe Messaging for Kids Act
- H.R. 6292, Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act of 2025
- Parents Over Platforms Act
These bills aim to address issues such as privacy protection for minors online, accountability for app stores regarding child safety features or content moderation practices affecting youth users; reducing harmful social media exposure; restricting data sales involving minors; promoting algorithm transparency; combating illegal substance sales targeting young people through social platforms; increasing parental controls; warning about AI risks in education settings; protecting against malicious interactions in network games; stopping profiling of youth users by platforms; regulating messaging services used by children; assessing parental safety tools; preventing exploitative bot activity directed at adolescents; among other topics.
For further information regarding this hearing or press inquiries contact Alex Khlopin or Daniel Kelly via their respective house.gov email addresses.
