STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 4015

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator MUKHERJI)

ADOPTED: JUNE 30, 2026

      These floor amendments: 

(1) revise the definitions of “covered online service provider” and “online service”;

(2) require a covered online service provider that collects a user’s personal data for purposes of age verification, rather than age assurance, to delete the personal data not later than 15 days after verifying, rather than determining, the user’s age; and

(3) remove language providing that, in the event of a conflict between the bill and one or more other laws of this State, the law that affords minors the greatest protection from harm would control.