House Bill 170 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ben Robbins Representative

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Social media content; trust required for certain minors who are performers or featured in social media content, calculation of compensation and designation of trustee for trust provided for, procedure for adult to request removal of social media content featuring themselves as a minor required for social media companies, cause of action created against certain individuals who fail to comply with trust and social media content requirements

Description

This bill would require a parent or guardian to establish a trust for a minor 18 years of age or younger who is a performer or featured in social media content, if certain thresholds relating to the amount the minor is featured in the social media content and the amount the content creator and minor are compensated are met.

This bill would require each content creator to regularly determine whether any minors featured in his or her content qualify for compensation or the establishment of a trust and, if so, notify the minor's parent or guardian.

This bill would provide for the calculation of compensation which must be transferred to a minor's trust, the timeline for the transfer, and would require transfers to the trust to comply with the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

This bill would allow a content creator to petition the court for an exemption to the requirements of this bill, and would allow a court to grant the exemption if complying with the bill would cause an undue hardship and the content creator presents an alternative plan that is in the best interest of the minor.

HB170 INTRODUCED This bill would allow the minor's parent or guardian to serve as the trustee of the trust, unless the average monthly balance of the trust exceeds $250,000, in which case the parent or guardian must petition the court for the appointment of a trustee.

This bill would prohibit a minor's parent or guardian from accessing the funds of the trust, and require the beneficiary to be given access to the funds on the day he or she turns 19 years of age.

This bill would require certain content creators to maintain records relating to the earnings, compensation, and trust transfers for minors featured in their social media content.

This bill would create a cause of action for a minor against a content creator, trustee, or parent or guardian for failure to comply with the requirements of this bill, provided that any such claims must be brought not later than five years after the minor turns ears of age.

This bill would exempt represented minors who maintain an employment contract with the content creator from requirements relating to a trust.

This bill would require social media companies to develop a procedure for individuals covered by this bill, once they reach 19 years of age, to request that content featuring them as a minor be deleted or edited by the content creator.

This bill would allow such an individual to HB170 INTRODUCED bring a cause of action against a content creator who refuses to delete or edit social media content that features the individual while he or she was a minor and would provide factors that a court must consider when determining whether to require the deletion or editing.

This bill would also not apply to represented minors who maintain an employment contract with the content creator.

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Subjects

Consumer Protection