In the House of Representatives since February 5, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 5037
AN ACT PROMOTING THE SAFETY OF MINORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Governor
Sponsor
32 co-sponsors
Gary A. Turco Jr., Nicholas Menapace, Kenneth Gucker, Kaitlyn Shake, Michael D. Quinn, Julio A. Concepcion, Amy Morrin Bello, William Heffernan, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Savet Constantine, Joseph P. Gresko, Kerry S. Wood, Jillian Gilchrest, Frank Smith, Josh Elliott, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Kevin Brown, Kate Farrar, Laurie Sweet, Jonathan Jacobson, Lucy Dathan, Dominique Johnson, Travis Simms, Jane M. Garibay, Christopher Poulos, Ronald A. Napoli Jr., Iris N. Sanchez, Michael DiGiovancarlo, Anthony L. Nolan, John-Michael Parker, Jaime S. Foster
Its course
February 5 to March 26, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFrom Feb 5
General Law CommitteeFeb 5 to Mar 1134 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Mar 11
Who voted how
Yea Alphonse Paolillo Jr., Arnold Jensen, Catherine A. Osten, Chris Aniskovich, Dave W. Yaccarino, David Rutigliano, Farley Santos, Gary A. Turco Jr., Geoff Luxenberg, James J. Maroney, John A. Kissel, Larry Pemberton Jr., Melissa Osborne, Paul Cicarella, Raghib Allie-Brennan, Rebecca Martinez, Rick Lopes, Roland J. Lemar, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Tim Ackert
Not voting Bobby G. Gibson Jr., John W. Fonfara
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 11
- Feb 5Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
- Feb 13Heard in General Law Committee
- Mar 11General Law Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 11Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 12FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 20REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Mar 26RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 26FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Mar 26HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Mar 26FILE NO.Both houses