Bill stops people under 16 from using social media.
H.R. 6488 — RESET Act · Filed by Erin Houchin (R-IN) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 5, 2025 · Markup held
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What it does
The bill bans social media platforms from letting minors have accounts. Platforms must close minor accounts within 180 days. They must delete all personal data from those minors. Minors get 90 days to download their own data first. The FTC and state lawyers can punish platforms that break this rule.
Who it affects
The bill affects minors, social media platforms, and the FTC. Minors lose access to social media accounts. Platforms must change how they work and delete data.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how platforms must check age. It also does not list which platforms are covered.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Dec 5, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 5, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
- Sep 1, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $3,750,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 66 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.
Erin Houchin, who sponsored the bill, received $1,052,250 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- American Association for Justice — $3,610,000 in 2 reports
- Technet — $80,000 in 1 report
- Software & Information Industry Association (siia) — $60,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- social media platforms — Websites or apps where people post and share things online.
- personal data — Information about a person, like their name or address.
- FTC — The Federal Trade Commission, a government agency that stops unfair business practices.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,563 characters) on Aug 19, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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