Bill > HB1136

This bill aims to address the growing impact of social media on youth mental health and well-being. The key provisions include: 1. The Department of Education will create and maintain a resource bank of evidence-based research, program materials, and curricula related to the mental and physical health impacts of social media use, internet safety, and cybersecurity. The Department will convene a temporary stakeholder group to assist with the development and ongoing maintenance of the resource bank. 2. The Department will make the resource bank materials available to local education providers, educators, parents, students, and community providers starting in July 2025. Local education providers can request technical assistance from the Department in designing age-appropriate curricula. 3. The bill encourages local education providers to report on the effectiveness of the resource bank materials and provides for the Department to update the materials based on feedback. 4. The bill requires social media platforms with over 100,000 active users in Colorado to either provide users under 18 with information about the impact of social media on their developing brains and mental/physical health, or display a pop-up notification to users under 18 after one cumulative hour of use in a 24-hour period or when using the platform between 10 PM and 6 AM. 5. The bill appropriates $13,974 to the Department of Education for the 2024-25 fiscal year to implement the act.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1136