Text of section effective on September 01, 2024
Sec. 509.051.  DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTY TO REGISTER AGE OF USER.  (a) A digital service provider may not enter into an agreement with a person to create an account with a digital service unless the person has registered the person's age with the digital service provider.
(b)  A person who registers the person's age as younger than 18 years of age is considered to be a known minor to the digital service provider until after the person's 18th birthday.
(c)  A digital service provider may not allow a person who registers the person's age to alter the person's registered age, unless the alteration process involves a commercially reasonable review process.
(d)  A minor is considered to be a known minor to a digital service provider if:
(1)  the minor registers the minor's age under Section 509.051 as younger than 18 years of age; or
(2)  the minor's parent or guardian, including a verified parent:
(A)  notifies a digital service provider that the minor is younger than 18 years of age;
(B)  successfully disputes the registered age of the minor; or
(C)  performs another function of a parent or guardian under this chapter.
(e)  If a minor is a known minor, or if the minor's parent or guardian, including a verified parent, takes an action under Subsection (a), a digital service provider:
(1)  is considered to have actual knowledge that the minor is younger than 18 years of age; and
(2)  shall treat the minor as a known minor under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 795 (H.B. 18), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2024.