House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SMK Act of 2025
Official title: To protect minors from harms associated with ephemeral messaging features and unsolicited direct contact on social media platforms by prohibiting certain ephemeral messaging features for minors and mandating the provision of parental direct messaging controls, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Neal Dunn R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2025 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6257.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4896):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6257, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Neal Dunn.
- H.R. 7386 (119th) First Responder Network Authority Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 3277 (119th) Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
- H.R. 1566 (119th) REPAIR Act
- H.R. 1300 (119th) PSA Screening for HIM Act
- H.R. 5178 (119th) Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
- H.R. 2836 (119th) FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.