Nebraska
Nebraska has enacted laws in three of the four age-gating families. The Online Age Verification Liability Act (LB 1092, 2024) has required age verification for websites where a substantial portion of content is harmful to minors since July 19, 2024, and remains in effect. The Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act (LB 504, 2025, broadened by LB 838 in 2026) became operative January 1, 2026 and requires covered online services to give minors user controls, default high privacy settings, and limits on addictive design features and targeted advertising. The Parental Rights in Social Media Act (LB 383, 2025) would require age verification and parental consent for minors on social media, but a federal court preliminarily enjoined its age verification and parental consent provisions on June 27, 2026, days before their planned July 1, 2026 effective date, on First Amendment grounds; the act's parental monitoring provisions were not enjoined. Nebraska has no app store or device level age verification law.
Subnational jurisdiction. Reviewed 2026-07-15.
LB 1092 (2024), Online Age Verification Liability Act
Creates civil liability for a commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet, where such material makes up a substantial portion (more than one third) of the site's content, without performing reasonable age verification of Nebraska users.
- Citation
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1001 to 87-1005
- Status
- In force
- Effective date
- 2024-07-19
- Applies to
- Private sector
- Age threshold
- 18
- Verification methods
- gov id, transactional data, third party service
- Covered services
- Commercial websites where more than one third of content is material harmful to minors.
- Enforcement body
- Civil action by an affected person or the Nebraska Attorney General
- Private right of action
- yes
- Source
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1001 to 87-1005
LB 504 (2025), Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act
Requires a covered online service (over $25 million in annual revenue that derives at least half its revenue from selling or sharing personal data) to give minors accessible controls over addictive design features such as infinite scroll and push notifications, default to the highest available privacy and safety settings, limit profiling and targeted advertising to minors, and restrict sharing of precise geolocation data.
- Citation
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1301 to 87-1311
- Status
- In force
- Effective date
- 2026-01-01
- Applies to
- Private sector
- Age threshold
- 18
- Covered services
- Online services meeting revenue and personal data thresholds, excluding services with actual knowledge that fewer than 2 percent of users are minors.
- Penalties
- Civil penalty up to $50,000 per violation as a deceptive trade practice; the Attorney General could not seek penalties until July 1, 2026.
- Enforcement body
- Nebraska Attorney General
- Private right of action
- no
- Source
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1301 to 87-1311
LB 838 (2026), amendments broadening the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act
Broadens which businesses count as a covered online service under the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, applying it to a business that derives a majority of its annual revenue from online services and either has more than $25 million in annual revenue or processes the personal data of 50,000 or more consumers, households, or devices. Approved by the Governor on April 14, 2026; the design code sections become operative July 18, 2026, three calendar months after the session's adjournment.
- Citation
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1301 to 87-1311, as amended
- Status
- Enacted, not yet in force
- Effective date
- 2026-07-18
- Applies to
- Private sector
- Source
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1301 to 87-1311, as amended
LB 383 (2025), Parental Rights in Social Media Act
Would require social media companies to verify the age of prospective account holders using a reasonable age verification method and to obtain a parent's express, verified consent before a minor may hold an account, with parental tools to view messages, control privacy settings, and limit time on the platform.
- Citation
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 86-1701 to 86-1705
- Status
- Enjoined
- Effective date
- 2026-07-01
- Applies to
- Private sector
- Age threshold
- 18
- Verification methods
- gov id, third party service, parental consent
- Covered services
- Social media companies as defined by the Act.
- Penalties
- Civil penalty up to $2,500 per violation, in addition to a private right of action for actual damages.
- Enforcement body
- Nebraska Attorney General, plus a private right of action for affected individuals
- Private right of action
- yes
- Litigation
- D. Neb. No. 4:26-cv-03149, NetChoice v. Hilgers, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, Senior Judge John M. Gerrard preliminarily enjoined the age verification and parental consent provisions on June 27, 2026, days before their planned July 1, 2026 effective date, finding they likely violate the First Amendment rights of users and platforms. The requirement that platforms give parents access to a minor's posts, interactions, and messages was not enjoined.
- Source
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 86-1701 to 86-1705
Reviewed 2026-07-15. Confidence: high. Fast-moving area, verify before relying. Not legal advice.