Senate Bill 758
Social media platforms’ treatment of minors and providing a penalty. (FE)
Topics: Children, Data processing, Family, Justice, Department of, Youth
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 12, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates certain prohibitions related to social media platforms’ treatment of minors. “Social media platform” is defined in the bill to mean a public or semipublic online website, service, or application that 1) is used by a minor in this state; 2) allows users to construct a public or semipublic profile for the purposes of using the website, service, or application; 3) allows users to create or post content that is viewable by other users, including on message boards, in chat rooms, or through a landing page or main feed that presents the user with content generated by other users; and 4) allows users to privately message each other as a significant part of the provision of the website, service, or application.
The bill prohibits social media platforms from gathering, using, selling, offering, or retaining data relating to a minor’s use of or interaction with a social media platform. The bill also prohibits social media platforms from selecting, prioritizing, deprioritizing, or recommending content for a minor based on data gathered about the minor or from a device used by the minor to access the Internet. The bill contains certain exceptions to these prohibitions, including that a social media platform may gather and retain the data necessary for a minor to establish and maintain the minor’s social media platform account, and a social media platform may suggest content for a minor in response to a specific search conducted by the minor on the social media platform. The bill requires social media platforms to employ a reliable, industry-accepted method approved by the Department of Justice that determines whether a user of the social media platform is a minor, and requires social media platforms to prevent targeted advertising from being shown to a minor user of the social media platform.
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The bill requires DOJ to create and maintain a website to receive complaints, information, or referrals from the public regarding a social media platform’s alleged compliance or noncompliance with the bill. DOJ may investigate violations of the provisions in the bill and may bring an action in the name of the state seeking a civil forfeiture of not more than $5,000 per violation, attorney fees, court costs, injunctive relief, and other relief or course of action that a court deems reasonable.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . 7 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 4, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 18, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 12, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
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Dec 12, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 12, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roys, Wall, Pfaff, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Wanggaard, Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives McGuire, Fitzgerald, McCarville, Miresse, Palmeri, Prado, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Tenorio and Udell
- Dec 12, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism
- Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor