HF 1289

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/07/2025 03:42 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to consumer protection; requiring social media platforms to post a mental
health warning label and timer notifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 325M.34; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
325M.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [325M.335] MENTAL HEALTH WARNING LABEL; POP-UP TIMER
REQUIRED.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Warning label required. new text end

new text begin (a) A social media platform must ensure that
a conspicuous mental health warning label that complies with the requirements under this
section:
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new text begin (1) appears each time a user accesses the social media platform; and
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new text begin (2) only disappears when the user: (i) exits the social media platform; or (ii) acknowledges
the potential for harm and chooses to proceed to the social media platform despite the risk.
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new text begin (b) A mental health warning label under this section must:
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new text begin (1) in a manner that conforms with the guidelines established under subdivision 2, warn
the user of potential negative mental health impacts of accessing the social media platform;
and
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new text begin (2) provide the user access to resources to address the potential negative mental health
impacts described in clause (1) and include the website and telephone number of a national
suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system, including but not limited to the
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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new text begin (c) A social media platform is prohibited from:
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new text begin (1) providing the warning label exclusively in the social media platform's terms and
conditions;
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new text begin (2) including extraneous information in the warning label that obscures the visibility or
prominence of the warning label; or
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new text begin (3) allowing a user to disable a warning label, except as provided under paragraph (a).
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Content of label. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of health, in consultation with the
commissioner of commerce, must develop guidelines for social media platforms that contain
appropriate requirements for the warning labels required under this section. The guidelines
must be based on current evidence regarding the negative mental health impacts of social
media platforms. The commissioners must review and revise the guidelines as appropriate.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner of health is exempt from chapter 14, including section 14.386,
when implementing this subdivision.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Pop-up timer required. new text end

new text begin (a) Except as provided under paragraph (b), a social
media platform must display a conspicuous pop-up notification at least once every 30
minutes that a user has actively used the platform. The notification must:
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new text begin (1) inform the user that the user has actively used the platform for the relevant consecutive
period of time;
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new text begin (2) inform the user of the total time the user has actively used the platform that day; and
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new text begin (3) only disappear when the user acknowledges the notification.
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new text begin (b) A social media platform may allow a user to:
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new text begin (1) deactivate the notification required under paragraph (a); or
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new text begin (2) customize the period of time resulting in the notification, provided that the maximum
time period does not exceed 60 minutes.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.34, is amended to read:

325M.34 ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.

(a) The attorney general may investigate and bring an action against a social media
platform for an alleged violation of section 325M.33 new text begin or 325M.335 new text end .

(b) Nothing in sections 325M.30 to 325M.34 creates a private cause of action in favor
of a person injured by a violation of section 325M.33.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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