Florida
Subnational jurisdiction · as of 2026-07-15
Florida's HB 3 (2024) bars minors under 14 from holding social media accounts without parental consent for 14 and 15 year olds, and separately requires age verification on websites where a substantial share of content is harmful to minors, both effective January 1, 2025. The social media provision remains subject to First Amendment litigation but is currently enforceable after the Eleventh Circuit stayed a district court injunction pending Florida's appeal; a separate industry challenge to the adult content provision was voluntarily dropped in 2025. Florida has not enacted an app store age verification or design code law; an App Store Accountability Act bill (SB 1722) filed for the 2026 session cleared one committee but died in Senate Judiciary on March 13, 2026.
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Instruments on record
HB 3 (2024), age verification for material harmful to minors
In force
Fla. Stat. Secs. 501.1737, 501.1738
Effective 2025-01-01 · Applies to private
Requires a website on which more than one third of material is harmful to minors to perform reasonable age verification before granting access, using a standard method or an anonymous age verification service the visitor selects. A separate industry lawsuit challenging this provision was voluntarily dismissed in July 2025.
| Age threshold | 18 |
| Verification methods | gov id, transactional data, third party service |
| Penalties | Civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation, plus damages for a minor's access. |
| Enforcement body | Florida Attorney General, Department of Legal Affairs |
| Private suits | yes |
Source: Fla. Stat. Secs. 501.1737, 501.1738
HB 3 (2024), social media use for minors
In force
Fla. Stat. Sec. 501.1736
Effective 2025-01-01 · Applies to private
Bars minors under 14 from holding a social media account and requires verified parental consent for 14 and 15 year olds; covered platforms must terminate and permanently delete noncompliant minor accounts, including those a platform's own analytics flag as likely belonging to a minor.
| Age threshold | 14 |
| Verification methods | parental consent, gov id, third party service |
| Penalties | Up to $50,000 per violation as an unfair or deceptive trade practice, plus damages for affected minors. |
| Enforcement body | Florida Attorney General, Department of Legal Affairs |
| Private suits | yes |
Litigation: CCIA and NetChoice v. Uthmeier, No. 25-11881 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit). District court preliminary injunction stayed by the Eleventh Circuit on November 25, 2025, allowing enforcement while Florida's appeal continues.
Source: Fla. Stat. Sec. 501.1736