Texas SB 2420 (2025)
| Senate Bill 2420 | |
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| Texas Legislature | |
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| Citation | [1] |
| Territorial extent | Texas |
| Enacted by | Texas Senate |
| Enacted by | Texas House of Representatives |
| Effective | January 1, 2026 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Texas Senate | |
| Introduced | March 13, 2025 |
| First reading | March 25, 2025 |
| Second reading | April 16, 2025 |
| Third reading | April 16, 2025 |
| Voting summary |
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| Second chamber: Texas House of Representatives | |
| Received from the Texas Senate | April 17, 2025 |
| First reading | April 22, 2025 |
| Second reading | May 8, 2025 |
| Third reading | May 9, 2025 |
| Voting summary |
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| Final stages | |
| Finally passed both chambers | May 14, 2025 |
| Status: Not yet in force | |
SB 2420 is a Texas law that requires Appstore's and app developers to verify their user by age category and if that age category is under 18 years of age, they must have consent from a parent or guardian.
Bill summary
The Texas law requires Appstore to verify the user's age category; the age categories are as follows: child someone under 13, young teenager someone who is 13–15, older teenager someone who is 16–17 and adult which someone who is 18 or older. Once an Appstore has verified the age category of a user if the age category isn't an adult, they must have verified parental consent before they can download apps or do in app purchases. Appstore's must put an age rating on apps and display its content. App developers must be able to have the verification status of age and parental consent.[1][2][3]
Bills passages
SB 2420 has very little opposition when passing though both the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives. The only Texas Senator to vote no was Sarah Eckhardt and only nine voting against it in theTexas House of Representatives.
Legal challenges
In October 2025 both the Trade Association Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Texas student advocacy group Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) sued the attorney general of Texas, who is Ken Paxton, currently to block the law before it takes effect on January 1, 2026.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ The App Store Accountability Act: Overview and Initial Considerations
- ^ Texas governor signs new law requiring Apple and Google to verify all app store users’ ages | CNN Business
- ^ Texas governor signs law to enforce age verification on Apple, Google app stores | Reuters
- ^ Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Files First Amendment Challenge to Texas App Store Law | About Us | Davis Wright Tremaine
- ^ POLITICO Pro | Article | CCIA sues Texas over app store age verification law
- ^ Texas student advocacy group sues to block app store age verification law | Courthouse News Service