Florida SB 1722: Application Stores

Bill Text

1722 
Application Stores 
2026-01-09T11:23:52Z 
Requiring an app store provider to take certain steps to verify the ages of individuals who create or who have existing accounts with the app store provider; providing parental consent requirements for accounts created or held by minors; requiring app store providers to take certain steps to protect specified personal information; authorizing minors, or the parents of minors, to bring civil actions against app store providers or developers for violations of the act, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2027-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1722 

 By Senator Calatayud 

 38-01471-26 20261722__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to application stores; providing a 
 3 short title; creating s. 501.1733, F.S.; defining 
 4 terms; requiring an app store provider to take certain 
 5 steps to verify the ages of individuals who create or 
 6 who have existing accounts with the app store 
 7 provider; providing parental consent requirements for 
 8 accounts created or held by minors; providing 
 9 notification and consent requirements for apps that 
 10 have been significantly changed; requiring the app 
 11 store provider to provide age category data and 
 12 parental consent information to developers upon 
 13 request; requiring app store providers to take certain 
 14 steps to protect specified personal information; 
 15 prohibiting app store providers from enforcing 
 16 contracts or terms of service against a minor under 
 17 certain circumstances, knowingly misrepresenting 
 18 certain information, or sharing age category data; 
 19 requiring developers to take certain steps to verify 
 20 age information and to comply with certain measures; 
 21 providing limits on and requirements for developers 
 22 requesting age data; prohibiting developers from 
 23 enforcing contracts or terms of service against a 
 24 minor under certain circumstances, knowingly 
 25 misrepresenting certain information, or sharing age 
 26 category data; authorizing minors, or the parents of 
 27 minors, to bring civil actions against app store 
 28 providers or developers for violations of the act; 
 29 authorizing courts to award prevailing plaintiffs with 
 30 specified damages, fees, and costs; providing that a 
 31 violation of this act is an unfair and deceptive trade 
 32 practice; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs 
 33 to bring an action against app store providers and 
 34 developers; providing jurisdiction; requiring the 
 35 department to adopt specified rules; providing 
 36 applicability; providing construction; providing for 
 37 severability; providing an effective date. 
 38 
 39 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 40 
 41 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “App Store 
 42 Accountability Act.” 
 43 Section 2. Section 501.1733, Florida Statutes, is created 
 44 to read: 
 45 501.1733 Application stores.— 
 46 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 
 47 (a) “Account holder” means an individual associated with a 
 48 mobile device. 
 49 (b) “Age category” means one of the following categories of 
 50 individuals, based on age: 
 51 1. A child, which means an individual who is under 13 years 
 52 of age; 
 53 2. A younger teenager, which means an individual who is at 
 54 least 13 years of age and under 16 years of age; 
 55 3. An older teenager, which means an individual who is at 
 56 least 16 years of age and under 18 years of age; or 
 57 4. An adult, which means an individual who is at least 18 
 58 years of age. 
 59 (c) “Age category data” means information about an account 
 60 holder’s age category collected by an app store provider and 
 61 shared with a developer. 
 62 (d) “Age rating” means one or more classifications that 
 63 assess the suitability of an app’s content and functions for 
 64 different age categories. 
 65 (e) “App” means a software application or electronic 
 66 service that a user may run or direct on a mobile device. The 
 67 term includes preinstalled applications. 
 68 (f) “App store” means any publicly available website, 
 69 software application, or electronic service that allows an 
 70 account holder to download an app from a third-party developer 
 71 onto a mobile device. 
 72 (g) “App store provider” means a person that owns, 
 73 operates, or controls an app store. 
 74 (h) “Content description” means a description of the 
 75 specific content elements or functions that informed an app’s 
 76 age rating. 
 77 (i) “Department” means the Department of Legal Affairs. 
 78 (j) “Developer” means a person that owns or controls an app 
 79 made available through an app store or an app preinstalled onto 
 80 a mobile device. 
 81 (k) “Knowingly” mean to act with actual knowledge or to act 
 82 with knowledge fairly inferred based on objective circumstances. 
 83 (l) “Minor” means, unless the individual is married or 
 84 legally emancipated, an in