House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Parents Decide Act
Official title: To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 13, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8250.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 64, April 13, 2026, Page H2835):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8250, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4247ae796a114acdb7479ea4ca59f0e0428f9262598275b500b67ae79e6a953
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 September 19, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.