It’s time to enact the Kids Online Safety Act into law.
Support enactment of the Kids Online Safety Act to require online platforms to protect minors through stronger default privacy settings, mitigation of specific dangers, parental and educator controls, and independent audits and research.
Occurrences
Evidence
The engrossed Senate amendment included Title I, 'Keeping Kids Safe Online,' with sections for duty of care, safeguards for minors, disclosure, transparency, research on social media and minors, market research, enforcement, and a Kids Online Safety Council. It required covered platforms to prevent and mitigate specified harms, provide the most protective privacy and safety defaults, parental tools, annual public reports based on independent third-party audits, and research access mechanisms.
Congress.gov records that on 07/30/2024 the Senate concurred in the House amendment to S.2073 with amendment SA 3021 by a 91-3 vote, and on 07/31/2024 the message on Senate action was sent to the House. The tracker status was 'Resolving Differences,' not 'Became Law.'
The Senate roll call for the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.2073 with amendment No. 3021 shows Vote Result: Motion Agreed to, YEAs 91, NAYs 3. The vote list records 'Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea.'
Congress.gov lists S.1748, Kids Online Safety Act, as introduced on 05/14/2025, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The tracker says the bill has the status 'Introduced' and lists later steps, including Passed Senate, Passed House, To President, and Became Law, as not reached.
Congress.gov lists Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] as an original cosponsor of S.1748 on 05/14/2025. The page reports 75 current cosponsors, including 3 original cosponsors.
Congress.gov lists H.R.6484, Kids Online Safety Act, as introduced in the House on 12/05/2025. Its latest action was 12/11/2025, when it was forwarded by subcommittee to the full committee in the nature of a substitute by a 13-10 vote. The tracker status remained 'Introduced,' with Passed House, Passed Senate, To President, and Became Law not reached.
The 119th Congress bill text says Mrs. Blackburn introduced S.1748 for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Schumer.
Congress.gov lists the latest Senate action as read twice and referred to Commerce on 05/14/2025, and the tracker still shows the bill status as Introduced.
The House KOSA bill's latest action was subcommittee forwarding to full committee on 12/11/2025 by a 13-10 vote, while the tracker still shows the measure as Introduced.
Assessments
Blumenthal clearly supported KOSA and made a serious legislative effort: he was a named original sponsor/cosponsor of S.1748 in the 119th Congress and voted for the Senate-passed KOSA package in S.2073 in July 2024. The substance of the Senate-passed text matched the promise, including stronger privacy/safety defaults, mitigation of harms to minors, parental tools, audits, and research access. But the promised outcome was enactment, and the evidence shows that neither the 118th Congress package nor the 119th Congress standalone bills became law. S.1748 remained at introduction and referral in the Senate, and the House vehicle advanced only to subcommittee forwarding. Because he materially advanced the effort but the policy was not enacted, this is best scored as a failed delivery with credit for effort rather than fulfillment.
As of 2026-05-31, the Kids Online Safety Act had not been enacted. The 119th Congress Senate bill S.1748 was introduced and referred to committee, while House bill H.R.6484 had only advanced from subcommittee to full committee. In the prior Congress, the KOSA package advanced through the Senate by a 91-3 vote, with Blumenthal voting yes, but it remained unresolved and did not become law. Blumenthal materially supported the effort as an original cosponsor and yes vote, but the promised enactment outcome was not delivered.