State Children's Privacy Law Tracker / Alaska
Alaska Children's Privacy Laws (2026)
4 laws & bills tracked · overall: Pending · current as of June 28, 2026
Alaska has 4 tracked children's privacy laws and bills — each listed below with its status, the ages it covers, litigation posture, and a link to the official primary source. For the interactive view, open Alaska in the tracker map.
App Stores, Parents, and Minors (App Store Accountability Act) · HB 46
Pending — A bill was introduced this cycle but is not yet law. · App store · binds app stores, developers
Ages: Under 18 (five tiers: child <13, younger teen 13-15, older teen 16-17, plus young adult / adult)
Requires: App store providers would have to verify a user's age, assign an age category, and obtain verifiable parental consent before a minor downloads, purchases, or uses an app or makes in-app purchases; developers must share age-category data. Never advanced.
Litigation: None — never enacted.
Primary sourceSocial Media Platforms and Minors · HB 318
Pending — A bill was introduced this cycle but is not yet law. · Social media · binds platforms
Ages: Minors under 18
Requires: Would require safer default settings (private-by-default for minors), a non-addictive/chronological feed for known minors, bans on coercive design features (infinite scroll, autoplay), limits on targeted advertising, and stronger parental controls. Never passed a chamber.
Litigation: None — never enacted. Opposed in committee by NetChoice, CCIA, TechNet, TPA on First Amendment / privacy grounds.
Primary sourceSocial Media Regulation Act (provisions stripped from CSAM/AI-imagery bill) · HB 47
Pending — A bill was introduced this cycle but is not yet law. · Social media · binds platforms
Ages: Minors under 18
Requires: House-added provisions would have required social-media age verification, parental consent and full parental account access for minors, a 10:30 p.m.-6:30 a.m. minor curfew, and limits on targeted ads and addictive features. The Senate CRA committee removed all of these in April 2026.
Litigation: None — the social-media provisions were never enacted; they were struck pre-enactment over First Amendment / Alaska privacy-clause concerns flagged by legislative counsel.
Primary sourceSocial Media and Minors · SB 262
Pending — A bill was introduced this cycle but is not yet law. · Social media · binds platforms
Ages: Account ban for under 16; algorithmic-feed restriction for under 18
Requires: Would prohibit Alaska residents under 16 from holding social-media accounts (with mandatory termination/deletion of existing under-16 accounts) and bar use of any under-18 account holder's personal data in personalized recommendation feeds. Never passed a chamber.
Litigation: None — never enacted. NetChoice testified in opposition, calling it an unconstitutional social-media ban (citing wins vs. similar AR/LA/OH/CA laws).
Primary sourceRegardless of state law, COPPA governs personal information collected from children under 13: notice, verifiable parental consent, data minimization, and — under the 2025 amended Rule — limits on retention and third-party sharing.
SourceHow Alaska compares
- App store: Alaska is one of 16 states tracking app store legislation — Texas, Alabama, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Utah and 9 more
- Social media: Alaska is one of 33 states tracking social media legislation — California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina and 26 more
Not legal advice. I build products for a living; I'm not a lawyer. Compiled from primary sources and reviewed monthly as part of the State Children's Privacy Law Tracker; AI-assisted research, verified against each law's official source — but laws and injunctions change fast, so confirm the latest before relying on it. Related: COPPA's Gray Areas.