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Oregon bills about kids and screens

Bills in the Oregon Legislature on phones in school, social media, online safety, AI and play, and what other states have already passed. Updated daily from the Legislature’s own records.

What Oregon already does

Bills

23 bills

  • In progress
  • Did not pass / Vetoed
  • Became law

SB 1546 · 2026

Became law

Requires operators of artificial intelligence companions and artificial intelligence companion platforms to provide notice to users that the users are interacting with artificial output if a reasonable person that interacts with the artificial intelligence companion or artificial intelligence companion platform would believe that the person was interacting with a natural person.

Tells those who make AI software to tell users that the users are talking to software, not a human. Tells them they must try to prevent users from getting output that causes suicidal feelings or thoughts.

Governor ·

AI and kidsBill details

HB 3696 · 2025

Did not pass

Requires application stores and developers to verify the age of users and categorize them accordingly.

The Act makes a new law about kids and apps. App stores must check the age of people who use their apps and group them into age categories. Before kids can download, buy or use apps, or make purchases inside an app, their parents must say yes. App developers must show clear age ratings for their apps, and parents can set time limits on how long their kids can use the apps. The law also makes sure app stores have tools to block certain content from kids. Provides for penalties if the law is not followed.

House committee ·

App stores & age checksBill details

HB 2308 · 2025

Did not pass

Requires manufacturers of consumer products that enable access to the Internet, that have operating systems that recognize the geographical location where the device is being used and that determine a user's age during setup to also have a parental control filter that blocks access to software applications and Internet sites that provide access to obscene material and to turn the parental control filter on automatically during setup for users who are younger than 18 years of age.

Tells the makers of some products that connect to the Internet that the products must have a filter to keep users from using some software or going to some Internet sites. The makers must turn the filter on automatically if a user is under 18 years old. Lets the Attorney General sue if the product maker does not obey the Act.

House committee ·

Online safetyBill details

HB 2185 · 2025

Did not pass

Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student's resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district.

Removes the cap of the percent of students who can attend a virtual public charter school.

House committee ·

Virtual schoolBill details

HB 2032 · 2025

Did not pass

Requires a commercial entity that engages in the business of publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to minors to verify the ages of individuals to whom the commercial entity distributes or makes available the sexual material harmful to minors.

Tells a business that hosts online matter than can harm a child to check the ages of those who can get access to the matter and not give access to people who are under 18 years of age. Lets people sue the business for not checking ages and giving people under 18 years of age access to matter than can harm a child.

House committee ·

App stores & age checksOnline safetyBill details

SB 633 · 2025

Did not pass

Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student's resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district.

Removes the cap of the percent of students who can attend a virtual public charter school.

Senate committee ·

Virtual schoolBill details

SB 562 · 2025

Did not pass

Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student's resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district.

Removes the cap of the percent of students who can attend a virtual public charter school.

Senate committee ·

Virtual schoolBill details

Bill status from the Oregon Legislature, last checked October 19, 2026.

What Oregon already does

Not every rule starts as a bill. Oregon’s school phone limits come from an executive order, and child care screen limits from agency rules. These are the laws, orders and rules on kids and screens in place today.

Laws

  • ORS 336.840(opens in a new tab)2013Every school board must have a personal device policy. Boards may ban social media, entertainment and other non-academic use during school hours, and staff can’t demand access to a student’s personal accounts.
  • HB 2008(opens in a new tab)2025Companies may not sell the personal data of anyone they know is under 16, or use it for targeted ads or profiling. In effect January 1, 2026.
  • Oregon Consumer Privacy Act(opens in a new tab)2023Treats the data of a child under 13 as sensitive data that companies must handle under the federal children’s privacy law (COPPA), with parents exercising the child’s rights.
  • HB 2299(opens in a new tab)2025Makes sharing a realistic fake (AI-made or edited) intimate image of a person a crime, like sharing a real one.
  • ORS 339.351 to 339.366(opens in a new tab)2007Every school district must have a policy against harassment, bullying and cyberbullying, with anonymous reporting, parent notice and an investigation process.
  • SB 1546(opens in a new tab)2026Starts January 1, 2027AI companion chatbots must tell users they aren’t human and refer users who mention self-harm to crisis help. When a user may be a minor, they may not role-play romance or show sexual content, and must suggest a break every three hours.
  • Oregon Student Information Protection Act(opens in a new tab)2015Apps and websites used for school may not target ads at students, build profiles of them or sell their data, and must delete it when the district asks.
  • SB 1596(opens in a new tab)2026Starts January 1, 2027Play-based learning will count as instructional time in kindergarten through grade 5. PE and recess don’t count toward it.

Executive orders

  • Executive Order 25-09(opens in a new tab)2025Governor Kotek’s order requires every school district to ban student cell phone use for the whole school day, bell to bell, with exceptions for medical needs and IEP or 504 plans. Policies took effect January 1, 2026, and students can’t be suspended or expelled for a phone violation alone.

Agency rules

  • Child care center rules(opens in a new tab)2024Licensed child care centers may give a child no more than 2.5 hours of screen time a week, and no screens for children under 2 except briefly as part of an activity (OAR 414-305).
  • Family child care home rules(opens in a new tab)2025Licensed family child care homes may give preschoolers and younger children no more than 5 hours of screen time a week, and school-age children 10 hours (OAR 414-360 and 414-210).

Agency guidance

How this tracker works

Every morning this tracker reads the Oregon Legislature’s records (OLIS). A bill is included when its title or summary names one of the topics above and it concerns children, minors or students.

Status, history and sponsors update on their own. Summaries are the Legislature’s plain-language digests unless we have written our own. Bills filed for the next session appear as soon as the Legislature publishes them.

Each bill page lists its chief sponsors’ email and phone, and similar laws other states have passed.

The “Already in place in Oregon” lists are kept by hand. They include executive orders, agency rules and older laws as well as recent bills, each linked to its official source.

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