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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Enacts Personal Data Privacy Act and Mandates Age Verification for Social Media Users
Last action · April 29, 2025: Re-ref Com On Commerce and Economic Development (House action)Sponsors: Terry Brown and 24 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Effective January 1, 2026, North Carolina establishes consumer data privacy rights and requires social media companies to implement reasonable age verification and obtain parental consent for minor account holders.
Gives state residents direct control over their personal data by creating rights to access, correct, delete, and restrict the sale of information, while exposing social media platforms to civil penalties and misdemeanor charges for failing to verify user ages.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
North Carolina consumers
Consumers gain enforceable rights to access, correct, delete, and restrict the sale or processing of their personal data.
Data controllers and processors
Businesses must comply with data minimization, security mandates, consumer request timelines, and data protection assessment requirements.
Social media companies
Firms with at least $100 million in annual gross revenue must implement third-party age verification and obtain parental consent for minor account holders.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
7 actions- Apr 29, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Commerce and Economic Development
- Apr 29, 2025HouseReptd Fav Com Substitute
- Apr 17, 2025HouseRe-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Commerce and Economic Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 17, 2025HouseWithdrawn From Com
- Mar 20, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Commerce and Economic Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 20, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
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- Mar 19, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Comprehensive State Data Privacy Framework
The legislation introduces a structured regulatory regime for commercial data controllers, creating standardized consumer rights and mandated data protection assessments for high-risk processing.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.ncleg.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance90How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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