S. 1409: Kids Online Safety Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-05-02 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 287.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-05-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 287. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Kids Online Safety Act

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Official text

Kids Online Safety Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · 72 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Steve Daines (R-MT), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Todd Young (R-IN), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), James E. Risch (R-ID), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL), Rick Scott (R-FL), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), John Cornyn (R-TX), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Thune (R-SD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jack Reed (D-RI) and 12 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] reported raising $771,465 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118s1409.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/s>

Record fed-us-cong118-s1409 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118