S. 1586, App Store Accountability Act (federal)
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
In committee, dated 1 May 2025, as of 13 September 2026.
An app store age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 13 September 2026.
Where it has got to
The text described here is S. 1586 as introduced in the Senate. That print is S.1586 IS, published 1 May 2025.
Locally, this stage is referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The stage above is recorded at www.congress.gov.
Introduced and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on 1 May 2025; no further committee action has been recorded, and the bill has not been reported.
What this law does
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Companion bill to H.R. 3149 with identical text as introduced. Would require a covered app store provider (one with 5,000,000 or more United States users) to verify a user's age category and, for a minor, obtain verifiable parental consent before the minor may download or purchase an app or make an in-app purchase, and would require an app developer to rely on the app store's age-category signal and honor its parental-consent status.
Preempts state app store age-verification laws and designates the Federal Trade Commission as primary enforcer, with state attorneys general also authorized to sue. Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 1, 2025; no committee action has been recorded since.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Federal Trade Commission (proposed); state attorneys general (proposed)
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
App store operators with 5,000,000 or more United States users, and the app developers distributing through them.
Verification methods
Digital ID, Device signal, Self declaration
When LexLint raises it
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