SB372: Enacting the app store accountability act to regulate app store and developer operations with respect to minors, create requirements for age verification and parental consent and provide for enforcement under the Kansas consumer protection act and through a private cause of action.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill aims to regulate app stores and developers to ensure they follow rules for age verification and parental consent when it comes to minors. It also provides ways for enforcement through state laws.

Who This Affects

This affects parents of minor children in Kansas who use apps on their kids' devices, as well as the app store operators themselves.

Key Provisions

• Requires age verification and parental consent for certain app operations involving minors • Provides for enforcement under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act • Allows for private causes of action against violators

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Introduced

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Last Action

House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Mar 17, 2026

SB372: Enacting the app store accountability act to regulate app store and developer operations with respect to minors, create requirements for age verification and parental consent and provide for enforcement under the Kansas consumer protection act and through a private cause of action.

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Who This Affects

Key Provisions

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