Texas SB 2420 (2025)

Senate Bill 2420
Texas Legislature
  • AN ACT relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
Citation
Territorial extent Texas
Enacted byTexas Senate
Enacted byTexas House of Representatives
EffectiveJanuary 1, 2026
Legislative history
Initiating chamber: Texas Senate
IntroducedMarch 13, 2025
First readingMarch 25, 2025
Second readingApril 16, 2025
Third readingApril 16, 2025
Voting summary
  • 30 voted for
  • 1 voted against
Revising chamber: Texas House of Representatives
Received from the Texas SenateApril 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 appstores and app developers to verify the age of users. Users under the age of 18 must have parental consent to download apps or complete in-app purchases.

Bill summary

The Texas law requires appstores to verify the user's age category; the age categories are as follows: child (under 13), young teenager (13–15), older teenager (16–17), and adult. Once an appstore has verified the age category of a user, those under 18 must have verified parental consent before they can download apps or complete in app purchases. Appstores must put an age rating on apps and display their content. App developers must be able to have the verification status of age and parental consent.[1][2][3]

Bill 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 voted against it in the Texas 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, Ken Paxton, 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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