Rep. Laurel Lee introduces bipartisan legislation to strengthen online safety for children; "My legislation will help ensure parents, teachers, and community leaders have the tools they need to navigate online risks and promote safe, healthy internet use for the next generation."
I will work to strengthen online safety for children by advancing the Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act.
Occurrences
The Combating Online Predators Act builds on Rep. Lee’s prior work to combat online exploitation, including the REPORT Act, which strengthened reporting requirements for online service providers and was signed into law in the previous Congress.
The comprehensive package includes Rep. Lee’s Promoting a Safer Internet for Minors Act, which would establish a nationwide education initiative to help young people use the internet safely and responsibly.
Evidence
The committee memorandum for the March 5, 2026 full committee markup describes “Part 1 – Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act” as part of the education subtitle, saying it would direct the FTC to conduct a nationwide education campaign on safe internet use by minors, including best practices, information sharing, and public awareness education.
Congress.gov identifies H.R. 6289 as the Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act, introduced by Rep. Laurel M. Lee on November 25, 2025 and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill page’s latest listed action is a December 11, 2025 subcommittee voice-vote referral to the full committee, and the tracker still shows the bill as introduced.
Assessments
The promise was framed as taking legislative action rather than guaranteeing enactment: Laurel M. Lee said she would work to strengthen online safety for children by advancing the Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act. In the 119th Congress, she introduced H.R. 6289 and the bill moved beyond simple introduction through subcommittee action and full committee consideration. Because she personally sponsored the measure and materially advanced it during her current federal term, the pledged action was delivered even though the bill had not yet become law.
Rep. Laurel Lee sponsored H.R. 6289, the Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act, on November 25, 2025, and the bill advanced out of subcommittee by voice vote on December 11, 2025. However, Congress.gov still lists the bill only as introduced, with no House passage, Senate passage, presidential signature, or enactment. Because the promise was to work to advance the act, this shows meaningful same-term effort, but the promised policy has not been finally delivered as of the latest available legislative status.