Texas SB 2420 (2025)

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Senate Bill 2420
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Texas Legislature
  • AN ACT relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
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Territorial extentFlag of Texas.svg  Texas
Enacted by Texas Senate
Enacted by Texas House of Representatives
Effective January 1, 2026
Legislative history
First chamber: Texas Senate
IntroducedMarch 13, 2025
First reading March 25, 2025
Second reading April 16, 2025
Third reading April 16, 2025
Voting summary
  • 30 voted for
  • 1 voted against
Second chamber: Texas House of Representatives
Received from the Texas Senate April 17, 2025
First readingApril 22, 2025
Second readingMay 8, 2025
Third readingMay 9, 2025
Voting summary
  • 120 voted for
  • 9 voted against
  • 3 present not voting
Final stages
Finally passed both chambersMay 14, 2025
Status: Blocked

SB 2420 is a Texas law that requires Appstore's and app developers to verify their user by age category and if that age category is under 18 years of age, they must have consent from a parent or guardian.

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Bill summary

The Texas law requires Appstore to verify the user's age category; the age categories are as follows: child someone under 13, young teenager someone who is 13–15, older teenager someone who is 16–17 and adult which someone who is 18 or older. Once an Appstore has verified the age category of a user if the age category isn't an adult, they must have verified parental consent before they can download apps or do in app purchases. Appstore's must put an age rating on apps and display its content. App developers must be able to have the verification status of age and parental consent. [1] [2] [3]

Bills passages

SB 2420 had very little opposition when passing though both the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives. The only Texas Senator to vote no was Sarah Eckhardt and only nine voting against it in theTexas House of Representatives.

In October 2025 both the Trade Association Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Texas student advocacy group Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) sued the attorney general of Texas, who is Ken Paxton, currently to block the law before it takes effect on January 1, 2026. [4] [5] [6]

On December 23, 2025, the law was blocked from taking effect. [7]

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