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State Children's Privacy Law Tracker / Idaho

Idaho Children's Privacy Laws (2026)

2 laws & bills tracked · overall: In force · current as of July 18, 2026

Idaho 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 Idaho in the tracker map.

Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media Act (HB 542 / Session Law Chapter 268) · HB 542 (H0542), 2026 Reg. Sess.; Session Law Chapter 268

In force: Effective and enforceable today. · Social media · effective 2026-07-01 · binds operators, platforms

Ages: 16 and younger ('Child' = Idaho resident sixteen (16) years of age or younger); parental consent required for Child accounts

Requires: Covered social media platforms must determine whether a user is a 'Child' (Idaho resident 16 or younger) via self-reported age at account creation plus age estimation after cumulative use thresholds (25/50/100 hours in a 6-month window). For Child accounts, platforms must obtain verifiable parental consent; default all privacy settings to the most protective; disable/limit addictive design features (infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, public like counts); bar algorithmic feeds and targeted paid advertising; provide parental time-limit controls; and terminate the account on parental request. Enforced via private right of action.

Litigation: No lawsuit filed and no injunction (NetChoice and CCIA opposed the bill in committee and by veto request but have not sued). In force since 2026-07-01; the Senate amendment adopted before passage changed only the Section 1 age language, not the July 1, 2026 effective date.

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Conversational AI Safety Act (S 1297) · S 1297 (Session Law Chapter 249); Idaho Code § 48-2101 [48-2201] et seq.

Enacted, not yet effective: Signed into law; its effective date is still in the future. · AI companion · effective 2027-07-01 · binds operators

Ages: All users for the general AI disclosure; heightened duties for known minors under 18

Requires: Operators of conversational AI services must disclose that the user is interacting with AI where a reasonable person would otherwise be misled, and must run a protocol for prompts indicating suicidal ideation that makes reasonable efforts to refer the user to a crisis provider such as a suicide hotline or crisis text line. They may not represent the service as providing professional mental or behavioral health care. For known minors, the AI disclosure must be either a persistent visible disclaimer or one at the start of each session plus one at least every three hours of continuous interaction; operators may not use variable-interval rewards on minors, and must take reasonable measures against sexual depictions, solicitation or objectification of minor account holders and against statements that simulate being human. Account and privacy tools must be offered to account holders, to parents of under-13s, and as appropriate to parents of older minors. Enforced by the Attorney General, with injunctive relief plus the greater of actual damages or $1,000 per violation capped at $500,000 per operator. The act expressly creates no private right of action.

Litigation: None. Not challenged.

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Also on the books (out of scope): HB 498 (2024): Online Child Safety Act (Idaho Code Title 6, Chapter 38, secs. 6-3801 to 6-3809); adult-content age verification enforced solely via private right of action; effective July 1, 2024. 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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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.

Cite this page: Calvo, Isaac A. "Idaho: Children's Privacy Laws." isaaccalvo.com/child-privacy-laws/idaho (data as of 2026-07-18).