Congress mandates mental health warnings on social media—every hour.
S. 1885 — Stop the Scroll Act · Filed by Katie Britt (R-AL) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced May 22, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill requires social media and anonymous content-sharing platforms to display a prominent mental health warning label every time a U.S. user accesses the platform, and again after each hour of continuous use. The label must warn of mental health risks and provide access to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. The FTC and Surgeon General will write the rules within 180 days; platforms cannot hide the label in hyperlinks or terms of service, and users cannot disable it. Violations are treated as unfair trade practices, enforceable by the FTC and state attorneys general.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a mandatory warning label requirement modeled on tobacco and alcohol disclosures. It is a transparency and informed-consent measure, not a ban, tax, or subsidy. The framing as a mental health protection aligns with the actual mechanism.
What the text implies
- The 'acknowledge and proceed' mechanism may create a false sense of user consent, potentially shielding platforms from future liability claims if users click through the warning—a de facto liability reduction not explicitly stated in the bill.
- Redisplay after each hour of continuous use could be circumvented by platforms through UI design (e.g., auto-refresh, modal placement) without violating the letter of the law, reducing practical effectiveness.
- The bill applies to 'anonymous content sharing platforms' without registration, which may capture smaller, less-resourced operators disproportionately, creating compliance barriers for non-major platforms.
- State attorneys general enforcement (with FTC coordination) creates potential for fragmented, inconsistent label standards across states if the FTC regulations are vague or if states interpret them differently.
- The 5-year review cycle for regulations may lag behind rapid changes in platform design, algorithms, and mental health research, making labels stale or ineffective.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill empowers ordinary users with mandatory disclosure of mental health risks before and during platform use, aligning with established public health labeling standards (tobacco, alcohol). It does not restrict user access, impose fees, or create liability shields for platforms—it only requires transparency and connection to crisis resources. The cost to platforms is compliance; the benefit to citizens is informed choice and crisis support visibility.
Who stands to gain
- Mental health crisis services (988 Lifeline, related nonprofits)
- Compliance and regulatory consulting firms
Named in the bill
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Secretary of Health and Human Services, Surgeon General, Social media platforms (unnamed, but covered), Anonymous content sharing platforms, 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, State attorneys general, Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- May 22, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- May 22, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
- Apr 14, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
4 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Mar 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $100,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 25 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 72% of bills with at least one filing.
Katie Britt, the sponsor, reported $476,800 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Alliance Defending Freedom — $40,000 on 1 filing
- National Taxpayers Union — $30,000 on 1 filing
- Computer & Communications Industry Association — $20,000 on 1 filing
- Issue One — $10,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (11,292 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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 Mar 2026 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 2026-10-20.
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