Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act
LA KOPAG Act
Children · Location
Imposes a duty of care on platforms, online games, messaging apps, and streaming services that contract with minors, requiring privacy-protective default settings: no adult connections without parental consent (or parental visibility into connections), no direct messages from unconnected adults, no sharing of a minor's precise geolocation, and private-mode accounts. Parents must get supervision tools, including limits on microtransactions, and only a linked parent can change the defaults. Act 552 of 2026 raised the covered age to under 18 and set the effective date at January 1, 2027.
- Where
- Louisiana
- Citation
- La. R.S. 9:2717.4 (Acts 2025, No. 236, HB 37; Acts 2026, No. 552, HB 427)
- Status
- Enacted, not yet in force
- In force since
- 2027-01-01
- Last amended
- 2027-01-01
- Enforced by
- Louisiana Attorney General
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Civil fine up to $10,000 per violation in an AG enforcement action, after written notice and a 45-day cure period; the court must award the AG fees and investigative costs if it grants relief.
- Applies to
- Owners or operators of covered platforms (online platforms for user-generated content, online video games, messaging applications, and video streaming services used by minors) that contract with a minor, including by creating an online account
- Excludes common carriers, broadband providers, email, certain video conferencing and SMS services, nonprofits, schools, public libraries, news and sports sites, B2B software, VPNs, government sites, non-user-generated streaming services, and professional networking platforms
- Minors are persons under 18 who are not emancipated (as amended by Act 552 of 2026)
What a privacy notice must say
- Let the legal representative opt to be notified when the minor is exposed to material harmful to minors or makes a new connection.La. R.S. 9:2717.4(C)(5) · From 2027-01-01
Practices it requires
- Prohibit adults from connecting with a minor without the legal representative's express consent, or give the legal representative access to the minor's connection and direct-message contact lists.La. R.S. 9:2717.4(C)(1) · From 2027-01-01
- Block private or direct messages (video, voice, or text) from adults to a minor unless they are connected.La. R.S. 9:2717.4(C)(2) · From 2027-01-01
- Do not disclose or share a minor's precise geolocation (within 1,750 feet) with anyone other than the minor's legal representative or authorized law enforcement.La. R.S. 9:2717.4(B)(9), (C)(3) · From 2027-01-01
- Set minor accounts to private mode so only connected users can view or respond to the minor's content.La. R.S. 9:2717.4(C)(4) · From 2027-01-01
- Provide parental supervision tools to manage account settings, view and block connections, and limit microtransactions; only the linked legal representative may modify the defaults or opt out.La. R.S. 9:2717.4(D)-(F) · From 2027-01-01
Sources
- Official text
- La. R.S. 9:2717.4 (Louisiana Legislature, updated through 2026 RS)
- Résumé Digest, Act 236 (HB 37) 2025 RS (Louisiana Legislature)
- Résumé Digest, Act 552 (HB 427) 2026 RS (Louisiana Legislature)
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Effective date: the 2025 résumé digest says Act 236 was effective June 1, 2026, and the 2026 digest refers to repealing a July 1, 2026 date; the codified history note reads 'Acts 2025, No. 236, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2027; Acts 2026, No. 552 ... eff. Jan. 1, 2027'. January 1, 2027 is used here. | No litigation against R.S. 9:2717.4 found.
Research reference, not legal advice.