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State Children's Privacy Law Tracker / Florida

Florida Children's Privacy Laws (2026)

2 laws & bills tracked · overall: In force · current as of June 28, 2026

Florida has 2 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 Florida in the tracker map.

HB 3 (2024) — Online Protections for Minors (social media account restrictions, Fla. Stat. s. 501.1736)

In force — Effective and enforceable today. · Social media · effective 2025-01-01 · binds platforms, operators

Ages: Under 14 (barred entirely); 14-15 (allowed only with parental consent)

Requires: Covered social media platforms must prohibit account creation/maintenance by minors under 14 (terminate existing under-14 accounts), and may allow 14- and 15-year-olds only with verifiable parental consent; 90-day account-termination process for non-consenting 14-15 accounts.

Litigation: CCIA & NetChoice v. Uthmeier (N.D. Fla. / 11th Cir.). PI granted June 2025; 11th Circuit stayed the PI Nov 25, 2025 (2-1, design-feature rationale; Rosenbaum, J., dissenting). Law enforceable pending appeal; expedited oral argument set for week of Feb 23, 2026. No final merits ruling as of 2026-06-27.

Primary source

Florida Digital Bill of Rights (SB 262) — minors' provisions (Fla. Stat. 501.702/501.71x) · SB 262 (2023)

In force — Effective and enforceable today. · Privacy law (minors) · effective 2024-07-01 · binds operators

Ages: Known children under 18 (COPPA-consent for under 13; affirmative authorization for 13-17)

Requires: Under Florida's comprehensive privacy law, the personal data of a 'known child' (a child the controller has actual knowledge of, or willfully disregards as, under 18) is treated as sensitive data; a controller may not process such sensitive data without consent — meaning COPPA-compliant verifiable parental consent for a known child under 13, or the affirmative authorization of a known child aged 13-17. Sensitive data, including a known child's data, may not be sold without the consumer's prior consent, and consent cannot be obtained via broad terms of use, passive actions, or dark patterns.

Primary source

Also on the books (out of scope): HB 3 (2024) — Age verification for online access to material harmful to minors ( — out-of-scope mandates (like adult-content age-gates) are tracked separately and don't set this state's status.

Federal · COPPAapplies here too

Regardless 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.

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How Florida compares

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.