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Bill Text

S3413 1R SCS 

[First Reprint]

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, No. 3413

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

� ADOPTED 
JUNE 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators A.M.Bucco, Beach, Moriarty, McKnight and Turner

SYNOPSIS

���� �New Jersey Kids Code Act�; adopts New Jersey 
Age-Appropriate Design Code and requires certain online service providers to 
implement certain measures concerning minors� use of online service. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations 
Committee on June 28, 2026, with amendments.

�� 

An Act concerning online privacy for minors and 
supplementing Title 56 of the Revised Statutes.

���� Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� This act shall be known 
and may be cited as the �New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code.�

���� 2.��� The Legislature finds 
and declares that:� 

���� a.���� New Jersey and the 
United States are facing a youth mental health crisis, with rates of adolescent 
suicides, depressive episodes, and feelings of sadness and hopelessness 
increasing significantly in recent years. �

���� b.��� Studies have shown a 
correlation between high internet usage and increased risks of depression, 
anxiety, loneliness, and suicidal ideation, particularly in adolescents and 
young adults. �

���� c.���� According to the Pew 
Research Center, in 2022, 46 percent of American teenagers aged 13 through 17 
reported using the Internet almost constantly.

���� d.��� As children and youth spend 
more time interacting with the online world, the impact of the design of online 
services on their well-being has become a focus of significant concern.

���� e.���� There is widespread and 
bipartisan agreement in the United States that more needs to be done to create 
a safer online space for children to learn, explore, and play.

���� f.���� Lawmakers throughout 
the United States and in New Jersey have taken steps to enhance online privacy 
protections and security for children.

���� g.��� On September 15, 2025, 
the Growing Up Online report advised the Legislature to pass legislation requiring 
online platforms to implement strong default privacy settings for minors, 
restrict data collection and third-party access, and protect against targeted 
advertising, invasive tracking, and addictive design features.

���� h.��� Online services that are 
reasonably likely to be accessed by children should offer strong privacy 
protections by design and by default, as well as prevent the use of children�s 
personal data in ways that are reasonably likely to result in the sexual 
exploitation, abuse, discrimination, financial harm, or physical harm of 
children.

���� i.���� Establishing 
age-appropriate privacy and safety design requirements for online services used 
by children is consistent with federal safety laws and policies regulating the 
design of children�s products, ranging from toys and clothing to furniture and 
games, to prevent children from suffering harm at the hands of these products.

���� j.���� Therefore, it is 
essential for the Legislature to promote the health and safety of children and 
youth online by ensuring online services have age-appropriate designs that 
reflect the unique risks and challenges that these online services may have for 
young people.

���� 3.��� As used in 
P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill):� 

���� �Actual knowledge� is all 
information known to and inferences made by the covered online service provider 
relating to the age of an individual, including, but not limited to, the 
individual�s declared age, age flags, a commercially-reasonable and technically-feasible 
age assurance mechanism, and any age the covered online service provider has 
attributed or associated with the individual for any purpose, including 
marketing, advertising, or product development. �If a covered online service 
provider�s classification of an individual for any purpose, including 
marketing, advertising, or user engagement is inconsistent with the 
individual�s declared age, a covered online service provider shall disregard 
the declared age for purposes of P.L. , 
c. (C. ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� �Adult� means an individual 
who is 18 years of age or older.

���� �Algorithmic recommendation 
system� means a computational process used to determine the selection, order, 
rank, relative prioritization, or relative prominence of media provided to a 
user through an online service, product, or feature, including search results, 
ranking, recommendations, display, or any other method of automated selection.� 
�Algorithmic recommendation system� does not include a computational process 
that:� 

���� a.���� enables users to find 
specific other users on a covered online service provider�s service