North Carolina HB 301: Modify Film Grant.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 6
HOUSE BILL 301
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/1/25
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 4/15/25
Senate Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/29/26
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/3/26
Sixth Edition Engrossed 6/10/26

Short Title: Social Media & AI Safety. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 6, 2025
*H301-v-6*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE SOCIAL MEDIA PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 2
SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO 3
UPDATE COMPUTER SCIENCE STANDARDS TO INCLUDE INSTRUCTION ON 4
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 5
INSTRUCTION TO ADOPT A MODEL AI POLICY, TO REQUIRE GOVERNING 6
BODIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL UNITS TO ADOPT POLICIES ON AI USE, TO 7
REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO ESTABLISH A 8
FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING GENERATIVE AI-POWERED EDUCATIONAL 9
TOOLS USED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF 10
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO PARTNER WITH THE FRIDAY INSTITUTE TO 11
DEVELOP EDUCATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING ON THE USE OF AI. 12
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 13
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PART I. SOCIAL MEDIA PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN 15
SECTION 1.(a) The General Statutes are amended by adding a new Chapter to read: 16
"Chapter 114B. 17
"Social Media Protections for Children. 18
"§ 114B-1. Title; definitions. 19
(a) Title. – This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Social Media Protection 20
for Children Act." 21
(b) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this Chapter: 22
(1) Account holder. – A person who opens an account or creates a profile or is 23
identified by the addictive social media platform by a unique identifier while 24
using or accessing an addictive platform when the addictive platform knows 25
or has reason to believe the person is a resident of this State. 26
(2) Addictive social media platform or addictive platform. – An online forum, 27
website, or application that satisfies all of the following criteria: 28
a. Has as its primary purpose or function to provide a forum for users to 29
upload content or view uploaded content of other users. 30
b. Had ten percent (10%) or more of its daily active users who are 31
younger than 16 years of age spend on average at least two hours per 32

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day on the online forum, website, or application on the days when 1
using the online forum, website, or application during the previous 12 2
months or, if the online forum, website, or application did not exist 3
during the previous 12 months, during the previous month. 4
c. Employs algorithms that analyze user data or information on users to 5
select content for users. 6
d. Has any of the following addictive features: 7
1. Infinite scrolling, which means either (i) continuously loading 8
content or content that loads as the user scrolls down the page 9
without the need to open a separate page or (ii) seamless 10
content or the use of pages with no visible or apparent end or 11
page breaks. 12
2. Push notifications or alerts sent by the online forum, website, 13
or application to inform a user about specific activities or 14
events related to the user's account that cannot be disabled. 15
3. Displays personal interactive metrics that indicate the number 16
of times other users have clicked a button to indicate their 17
reaction to content or have shared or reposted the content. 18
4. Auto-play video or video that begins to play without the user 19
first clicking on the video or on a play button for that video. 20
5. Live-streaming or a function that allows a user or advertiser to 21
broadcast live video content in real time. 22
e. Is not an online service, website, or application where the exclusive 23
function is email, audio communication, or direct messaging 24
consisting of text, photographs, pictures, images, audio, or videos 25
shared only between the sender and the recipients, without displaying 26
or posting publicly or to other users not specifically identified as the 27
recipients by the sender. 28
(3) Anonymous age verification. – A commercially reasonable method used by a 29
government agency or a business for the purpose of age verification that meets 30
all of the following: 31
a. Is conducted by a nongovernmental, independent third party organized 32
under the laws of a state of the United States that meets all of the 33
following criteria: 34
1. Has its principal place of business in a state of the United 35
States. 36
2. Is not owned or controlled by an entity formed in a foreign 37
country or by a government of a foreign country, unless the 38
entity meets at least one of the following criteria: 39
I. The entity has received a determination from the 40
Committee of Foreign Investment in the United States 41
(CFIUS) that there are no unresolved national security 42
concerns with respect to the entity in connection to