| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to consumer protection; requiring social media platforms to post a mental |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 health warning label and timer notifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 section 325M.34; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 325M. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. [325M.335] MENTAL HEALTH WARNING LABEL; POP-UP TIMER |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8REQUIRED. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subdivision 1.Warning label required.(a) A social media platform must ensure that |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10a conspicuous mental health warning label that complies with the requirements under this |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11section: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (1) appears each time a user accesses the social media platform; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) only disappears when the user: (i) exits the social media platform; or (ii) acknowledges |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14the potential for harm and chooses to proceed to the social media platform despite the risk. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) A mental health warning label under this section must: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (1) in a manner that conforms with the guidelines established under subdivision 2, warn |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17the user of potential negative mental health impacts of accessing the social media platform; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (2) provide the user access to resources to address the potential negative mental health |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20impacts described in clause (1) and include the website and telephone number of a national |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system, including but not limited to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-02501 as introduced02/11/25 REVISOR RSI/MI |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 1807NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MANN and Maye Quade) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading02/24/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection 2.1 (c) A social media platform is prohibited from: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2 (1) providing the warning label exclusively in the social media platform's terms and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3conditions; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 (2) including extraneous information in the warning label that obscures the visibility or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5prominence of the warning label; or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 (3) allowing a user to disable a warning label, except as provided under paragraph (a). |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 Subd. 2.Content of label.(a) The commissioner of health, in consultation with the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8commissioner of commerce, must develop guidelines for social media platforms that contain |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9appropriate requirements for the warning labels required under this section. The guidelines |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10must be based on current evidence regarding the negative mental health impacts of social |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11media platforms. The commissioners must review and revise the guidelines as appropriate. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12 (b) The commissioner of health is exempt from chapter 14, including section 14.386, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13when implementing this subdivision. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14 Subd. 3.Pop-up timer required.(a) Except as provided under paragraph (b), a social |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15media platform must display a conspicuous pop-up notification at least once every 30 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16minutes that a user has actively used the platform. The notification must: |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17 (1) inform the user that the user has actively used the platform for the relevant consecutive |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18period of time; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19 (2) inform the user of the total time the user has actively used the platform that day; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.20 (3) only disappear when the user acknowledges the notification. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21 (b) A social media platform may allow a user to: |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22 (1) deactivate the notification required under paragraph (a); or |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23 (2) customize the period of time resulting in the notification, provided that the maximum |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24time period does not exceed 60 minutes. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325M.34, is amended to read: |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27 325M.34 ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28 (a) The attorney general may investigate and bring an action against a social media |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29platform for an alleged violation of section 325M.33 or 325M.335. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 25-02501 as introduced02/11/25 REVISOR RSI/MI 3.1 (b) Nothing in sections 325M.30 to 325M.34 creates a private cause of action in favor |
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| 62 | 62 | | 3.2of a person injured by a violation of section 325M.33. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 3Sec. 2. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 25-02501 as introduced02/11/25 REVISOR RSI/MI |
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