A 4013 — Requires Social Media Research Center to research and make recommendations concerning addictive social media behaviors.*

A4013 1R ACS [First Reprint]   ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ASSEMBLY, No.

Assemblywomen Park, Morales, Assemblyman Kearney, Assemblywomen Bagolie, PeterpaulPeterpaul, andAssemblymen AssemblymanSampson, SampsonFreiman and Spearman         SYNOPSIS      Requires Social Media Research Center to research and make recommendations concerning addictive social media behaviors.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      SubstituteAs asreported adopted by the Assembly AppropriationsBudget Committee.Committee on June 28, 2026, with amendments.

     “Covered online service provider” means:       a.     A1[A] a1 sole proprietorship, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, or any other legal entity that: 1[that]1:       (1)   1that1 owns, operates, controls, or provides an online service or generates the majority of its annual revenue from online services;

     (2)   1that1 conducts business in this State;

     (3)   employs1[employs users’ personally identifiable information to select, recommend, or prioritize media and alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing users’ personal data;data] whose online services are reasonably likely to be accessed by a child or minor1;

and      (4)   (a) (a)1that1 has 1annual1 gross revenue in excess of $25,000,000.  Beginning January 1, 2029, and every two years thereafter, the Department of the Treasury shall adjust the amount of annual gross revenue to reflect the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index;

or      (b)   1that1 annually processes the personal data of not less than 25,000 users1[users] consumers1 or households;

or      b.    A1[A] a1 person that controls or is controlled by a legal entity described in subsection a.

     “Covered1[“Covered] A “covered1 online service providers”1[providers” are controllerscontrollers] provider” is a controller1 for the purpose of P.L.2023, c.266 (C.56:8-166.4 et seq.).

     1A “covered online service provider” does not include an entity that solely provides a direct messaging service or product.1      “Minor” means an individual who is at least 13 years of age but less than 18 years of age.

     “Online service” means any1[any service provided over the Internet that collects, uses, stores, discloses, analyzes, deletes, or modifies the personal data of consumers.consumers] a service or product that:  (1) is accessible to the public via the Internet;

(2) displays content that is generated by one or more account holders;

(3) has an account holder in this State;

and (4) allows account holders to interact with content associated with other individual account holders as a central feature of the service.

     “Online service” does not include:       a.     a “telecommunications service,” as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C.

s.153;

     b.    a “broadband internet access service,” as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R.

s.8.1;

     c.     an email service;

or      d.    the sale, delivery, or use of a physical product1.

       5.    The commissioner shall review the center’s final report.  The commissioner may, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Families, and the Department of Law and Public Safety, and taking into consideration the recommendations set forth in the center’s final report issued pursuant to section 4 of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) 1,1 as deemed appropriate to implement the recommendations contained therein no1[no later than 30 months after the effective date of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) or P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No.

of 2026-2027), whichever is later,later,]1 and to deter and reduce addictive social media behaviors among covered children and covered minors.