Officially dubbed the “Child Social Media Safety Act,” the bill was sponsored by state Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, and state Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago.
In a statement this week, Gong-Gershowitz reiterated she believes the law will allow parents the ability to better control the content shown to their children online.
Amy Bos, the vice president of government affairs for NetChoice, said the law is likely unconstitutional, based on the outcome of challenges her organization has filed against similar laws in other states.
Bos described what direction NetChoice thinks the state could instead take.
Bos said there’s an appetite in Congress to pass child-protecting legislation, though what specifics it includes could impact if any sort of federal law will actually come to fruition.
Multiple attempts to pass a federal Kids Online Safety Act have stalled through multiple years, with a package passing the Senate in 2024, but it was not taken up in the House.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is likely to sign the legislation into law soon, which could lead to a challenge in federal court.
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