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Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] · D–VA
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Kids Safety on Set Act of 2026 would require people in covered entertainment projects to pass criminal background checks if they supervise minors, can compel their actions, or have frequent or private interactions with them. The requirement excludes interactions with the person's biological child or legal ward. Entertainment businesses would pay for the checks, which would screen only for offenses involving sex, violence, stalking, or minors.
This Act may be cited as the Kids Safety on Set Act of 2026.
Whoever participates in an entertainment industry project in any position where that individual would have supervisory duties or compulsory authority over any minor who is not their biological child or legal ward, or where the duties or activities of that individual would involve frequent or private interaction with any minor who is not their biological child or legal ward, shall be subject to a requirement to successfully pass a criminal background check, within 90 days prior to their first day of work or receipt of entertainment industry project ownership interest, that includes Live Scan fingerprint clearance or equivalent background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, screening only for offenses that involve sex, violence, stalking, or minors, and at the cost of no more than $100 per background check, paid for by the entertainment industry entity.
The proposal defines a minor as anyone under 18. Authority over a minor could come from a person's position, title, ownership interest, or public-figure status if it enables that person to compel the minor to act.
(1) The term compulsory authority means authority vested by position, title, beneficial ownership interest, or status as a public figure to compel any minor to perform any action.
(4) The term minor means a person under 18 years of age.
Covered entertainment entities would include those creating, producing, promoting, or distributing live or recorded theater, dance, music, fashion productions, films, television, commercials, linear video games, and recorded online video earning subscription or advertising revenue. A project would mean a distinct collaborative enterprise involving the entertainment works covered by this definition.
(3) The term entertainment industry entity— (A) means an entity that, by way of an entertainment industry project, creates, produces, promotes, or distributes a work of entertainment intended to be heard, viewed, or otherwise experienced by an audience, including live and recorded theater, dance, music, and fashion productions, motion pictures, live and recorded television broadcasts (including unscripted television and commercials), linear video games and recorded video content monetized by the entertainment industry entity through online streaming subscription revenues or online advertising revenues;
(6) The term entertainment industry project means a discrete collaborative enterprise to create, produce, promote, or distribute a work of entertainment intended to be heard, viewed, or played by an audience, including only those works of entertainment defined in paragraph (3)(A).
The proposal would exclude entities working solely on journalism. It also says the act must not restrict press freedom and would not apply to creating, producing, promoting, or distributing any work released under a Creative Commons license.
(B) does not mean an entity that solely creates, produces, promotes, or distributes a work of journalism and this act shall not abridge or encumber freedom of the press or apply to the creation, production, promotion or distribution of any work released under a Creative Commons license.
The definition of employee would extend beyond ordinary paid staff. It includes anyone signing a waiver, release, or legal agreement with the entity, including a nondisclosure agreement, and expressly lists credited adults, corporate officers, and beneficial owners with privileged access to production sets or active shooting locations.
(2) The term employee means any individual that signs a waiver, release, or legal agreement, including a nondisclosure agreement, with the entertainment industry entity and all credited adults, corporate officers, and beneficial owners with privileged access to production sets or active shooting locations.
A covered person would have to pass the background check within the 90 days before their first day of work or receipt of an ownership interest in the project.
shall be subject to a requirement to successfully pass a criminal background check, within 90 days prior to their first day of work or receipt of entertainment industry project ownership interest
The check would have to include Live Scan fingerprint clearance or an equivalent Federal Bureau of Investigation background check. Screening would be limited to offenses involving sex, violence, stalking, or minors. Each check could cost no more than $100, paid by the entertainment entity.
that includes Live Scan fingerprint clearance or equivalent background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, screening only for offenses that involve sex, violence, stalking, or minors, and at the cost of no more than $100 per background check, paid for by the entertainment industry entity.
If an entertainment entity had an employee violating the background-check requirement, the Attorney General could seek a civil fine against the entity. The maximum would be twice the total cost of all project production activity involving that employee.
In the case of any entertainment industry entity that has an employee who is in violation of section 2, the Attorney General may seek a civil monetary penalty against that entertainment industry of not more than twice the total amount of the dollar cost of all project production activity in which such employee is involved
For such a violation, the Attorney General would be required to seek an immediate temporary court order stopping all project production activity involving the employee. The initial request would be ex parte, meaning without the other side's participation. The Attorney General would then seek further court orders as necessary to keep that activity stopped until the bill's conditions were met.
and shall seek a temporary restraining order, ex parte, to immediately halt all project production activity in which such employee is involved, followed by a preliminary or permanent injunction to continue halting all project production activity in which such employee is involved, as necessary, until such employee in violation of section 2 is either no longer in violation of section 2 or is terminated
The conditions for ending the production halt refer to the employee correcting the violation or being terminated. The same sentence also requires that the individual hold no more than 2 percent of the project's total ownership equity, directly or through other entities, and have all special investor rights permanently revoked, including any right to be present during production. The sentence leaves uncertainty about how those additional restrictions apply when the violation is corrected.
until such employee in violation of section 2 is either no longer in violation of section 2 or is terminated and further, individually holds no beneficial ownership interest in the entertainment project in excess of 2 percent of total equity either directly or indirectly by way of any intermediate entity, parent company, holding company, or special purpose vehicle, while having all special investor rights and privileges, including any right or privilege to be physically present during project production, immediately and permanently revoked.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated September 17, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 3, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-17T08:08:17Z. 2026-09-03: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2026-09-03: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-03. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
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No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish what appears in other versions or accompanying materials.
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The supplied introduced text contains express exemptions from the main policy that warrant scrutiny as targeted treatment. This classification does not establish improper purpose.
Entities working solely on journalism would be excluded from the covered entertainment-entity definition, exempting that defined group from the proposal's requirements.
(B) does not mean an entity that solely creates, produces, promotes, or distributes a work of journalism
People and entities creating, producing, promoting, or distributing works released under a Creative Commons license would receive an express exemption from the act based on the work's licensing choice.
this act shall not abridge or encumber freedom of the press or apply to the creation, production, promotion or distribution of any work released under a Creative Commons license.
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