Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate

Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act

S. 836Introduced Mar 4, 2025Policy area: Commerce

Official title: A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and teens, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey D-MA

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 4, 2025
Committee actionJun 25, 2025
Passed SenateMar 5, 2026 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 16, 2026 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 836.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 836, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act” on January 22, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 25, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 22, 2026 ↗
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January 22, 2026
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S. 836, 119th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-99 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on January 27, 2026.
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S. 836, 119th Congress
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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

21 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent

7 of 21 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Katie Britt (R-AL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Luján (D-NM), David McCormick (R-PA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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