Bill > HB170

This bill establishes new requirements for social media content featuring minors, aiming to protect their earnings and privacy. It defines various terms, including "compensated content" (paid minutes featuring a minor's personal content), "content creator" (someone who produces social media content, excluding minors who are the sole producers of their own content), "income from social media" (net earnings from content creation, including ad revenue and brand deals), and "minor" (anyone under 19). The bill categorizes minors featured in content as "market value compensated minors," "qualifying minors," or "represented minors" based on factors like their share of content, the creator's income, and whether they have representation. For minors who earn $20,000 or more in a year as performers or featured in social media content, their parents or guardians must establish a trust to hold a portion of their earnings, with 15% of gross earnings to be transferred into this trust by the employer or content creator. Parents can serve as trustees but cannot access the funds, and a court may appoint a new trustee if the trust balance exceeds $250,000. The bill also creates a process for individuals, once they turn 19, to request social media companies to remove or edit content that featured them as a minor, and allows for legal action against those who fail to comply with trust requirements or content removal requests, with potential for actual and punitive damages.

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