Bill Commons

AL HB 161

enacted

Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General authorized to bring action for violations as deceptive trade practice, parents authorized to bring civil action

Alabama · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did AL HB 161 pass?

Yes. AL HB 161 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-17. Latest recorded action (2026-02-17): Enacted

What is AL HB 161 about?

Consumer Protection

Who sponsors AL HB 161?

Sells is the primary sponsor of AL HB 161.

Description

Consumer Protection

Introduced
2026-01-22
Latest action
2026-02-17 — Enacted
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sellsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-17

    Enacted

    became-law

  2. 2026-02-10

    Delivered to Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2026-02-10

    Signature Requested

  4. 2026-02-10

    Enrolled

  5. 2026-02-10

    Ready to Enroll

  6. 2026-02-10

    Sells Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 367

  7. 2026-02-05

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 244

    passage

  8. 2026-02-05

    Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 243

    amendment-passage

  9. 2026-02-05

    Singleton 1st Amendment Offered

    amendment-introduction

  10. 2026-02-05

    Third Reading in Second House

  11. 2026-01-29

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Children and Youth Health)

    reading-2

  12. 2026-01-28

    Reported Out of Committee Second House

  13. 2026-01-23

    Pending Committee Action in Second House (Children and Youth Health)

  14. 2026-01-22

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Children and Youth Health

    reading-1,referral-committee

  15. 2026-01-22

    Engrossed

  16. 2026-01-22

    Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 127

  17. 2026-01-22

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 126

    passage

  18. 2026-01-22

    Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 125

    amendment-passage

  19. 2026-01-22

    Chestnut 1st Amendment Offered

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2026-01-22

    Third Reading in House of Origin

  21. 2026-01-14

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)

    reading-2

  22. 2026-01-14

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  23. 2026-01-13

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)

  24. 2026-01-13

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-09-12T06:15:01.856168Z

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