H-1113.1
HOUSE BILL 1820
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Reeves, Ramel, and Pollet
Read first time 02/04/25. Referred to Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to protecting the interests of minor children featured on for-profit family vlogs; amending RCW 63.60.020 and 63.60.040 ; adding new sections to chapter 63.60 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that social media influencers can make significant amounts of money from the digital content they produce. Some influencers use their minor children as subjects of that content. Those children are generating interest in and revenue for the content, but receive no financial compensation for their participation. Unlike in child acting, these children are not playing a part, and lack legal protections.
(2) The legislature finds that social media influencers who market video content of their families, or "vloggers" can profit from the personal property rights of their children without restriction. Some children are filmed, with highly personal details of their lives shared on the internet for compensation, from birth. In addition to a severe loss of privacy, these children receive no consideration for the use and exchange of their personal property rights.