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State Children's Privacy Law Tracker / Tennessee

Tennessee Children's Privacy Laws (2026)

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

Tennessee has 3 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 Tennessee in the tracker map.

App Store Accountability Act (HB 2254, 114th GA) · HB 2254 (114th GA)

Pending — A bill was introduced this cycle but is not yet law. · App store · binds app stores, developers

Ages: minors (under 18; age-category tiers)

Requires: Would require app stores to verify users' age categories, condition minors' app downloads and in-app purchases on verifiable parental consent, and share age-category signals with developers (account-level verification, default restrictions for minors).

Litigation: None — bill never enacted (deferred to summer study 2026-03-11; assembly adjourned sine die).

Primary source

Protecting Children from Social Media Act (HB 1891 / SB 2097, 113th GA) · HB 1891 (113th GA) / Public Chapter 899

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

Ages: under 18 (minors)

Requires: Social media platforms must verify the age of new users and obtain express verifiable parental/guardian consent before a minor (under 18) becomes an account holder; verify existing minor account holders within 14 days; provide parental supervision tools (view privacy settings, set daily time limits, schedule access breaks); prohibits retaining PII used for age/consent verification. Enforced by the TN Attorney General.

Litigation: NetChoice v. Skrmetti, No. 3:24-cv-01191 (M.D. Tenn.); appeal No. 25-5660 (6th Cir.). PI denied 2025-06-20; 6th Cir. oral argument 2026-02-04; no decision yet. Law remains enforceable pending appeal.

Primary source

Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) — minors' provisions · SB 73 / HB 1181

In force — Effective and enforceable today. · Privacy law (minors) · effective 2025-07-01 · binds operators

Ages: Children under 13 ("known child"); no separate heightened tier for teens 13-17

Requires: TIPA classifies any personal data collected from a "known child" (a consumer under 13) as sensitive data, and a controller may not process the sensitive data of a known child unless it does so in accordance with the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) — i.e., with verifiable parental consent. TIPA does not impose a separate heightened opt-in/teen tier for minors aged 13-17; its minor-specific duties track the COPPA under-13 baseline (older minors are covered only by the general consumer opt-out rights for targeted advertising, sale, and profiling).

Primary source

Also on the books (out of scope): Protect Tennessee Minors Act — HB 1614 (113th GA) / Public Chapter 1021 — 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.