l9n/ Connecticut

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 344

AN ACT PROTECTING CHILDREN'S SAFETY BY REQUIRING AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN FOR THE USE OF A CHILD'S LIKENESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

In the Senate since February 26, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To prohibit the use of a child's likeness for purposes of marketing or advertising on social media without the affirmative consent of a parent or guardian.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Martha Marx

Its course

February 26 to March 17, 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 SenateFrom Feb 26

Committee on ChildrenFeb 26 to Mar 57 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

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 Senate Feb 26 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 26Introduced and sent to Committee on Children
  2. Feb 27Heard in Committee on Children
  3. Mar 5Committee on Children recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Feb 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 27PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 9FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 11REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 17RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 17FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Mar 17SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Mar 17FILE NO.Both houses