Bill Sponsor
Colorado House Bill 1136
Session 2024A
Healthier Social Media Use by Youth
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Jun 6, 2024
Sponsors
Republican
Rose Pugliese
Democrat
Judy Amabile
Democrat
Lisa Cutter
Republican
Jim Smallwood
First Action
Jan 29, 2024
Latest Action
Jun 6, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1136
State
Colorado
Session
2024A
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Republican
Primary
Summary
The act requires the department of education (department) to create and maintain a resource bank of evidence-based, research-based, scholarly articles and promising program materials and curricula pertaining to the mental and physical health impacts of social media use by youth, internet safety, and cybersecurity. The resource bank will be used in elementary and secondary schools in the state. The department is required to convene a temporary stakeholder group of no more than 15 persons to assist in the creation of the resource bank. The resource materials must be made available free of charge no later than July 1, 2025, to local education providers, professional educators, parents or guardians of youth, students, and community providers. The act strongly encourages the department to expand local student wellness programs to include programs that address the impacts of problematic technology use on the mental and physical well-being of Colorado youth. On or after January 1, 2026, the act requires a social media platform, as defined by the act, to establish a function that provides a user who is under the age of 18 with information about social media that helps the user understand the impact of social media use on the developing brain and the mental and physical health of youth or displays a notification every 30 minutes when the user: Has spent one hour on social media platforms in a 24-hour period; or Is on a social media platform between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The chief information officer in the Colorado office of information technology, in consultation with the director of the center for health and environmental data division of the Colorado department of public health and environment and the temporary stakeholder group shall establish standards for the function. The act appropriates $13,974 from the general fund to the department of education for use by the student learning division to implement the bill. APPROVED by Governor June 6, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Actions (16)
06/06/2024
Office of the Governor
Governor Signed
05/28/2024
Office of the Governor
Sent to the Governor
05/28/2024
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
05/28/2024
House
Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2024
House
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/18/2024
Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/17/2024
Senate
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
04/16/2024
Senate
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/17/2024 - No Amendments
04/12/2024
Senate
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/25/2024
Senate
Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations
03/12/2024
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
03/11/2024
House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/08/2024
House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
03/08/2024
House
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/22/2024
House
House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
01/29/2024
House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
Sources
Record Created
Jan 30, 2024 12:53:15 AM
Record Updated
Jul 3, 2024 10:43:11 PM