LANSING, Mich., Dec. 18, 2025 — State Rep. Carol Glanville (D-Walker) introduced House Bill 5357 last week, which will create an Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) in Michigan. The AADC is a data privacy and safety design framework targeted to online services and products, whose primary consumers are minors.
“It’s time for Michigan to set a standard for how our children’s data is collected and used,” Glanville said. “This is truly a bipartisan issue, and I’m pleased that of the 22 co-sponsors, almost half of those are Republican colleagues. I’m hopeful for a swift committee hearing. Data is the new dollar, and every day we wait to act, our kids’ data is further mined and sold without their consent or knowledge.”
The AADC increases the responsibility placed on tech companies thereby helping parents protect their children’s data. The legislation would:
- Set high safety and privacy settings by default;
- Prohibit harmful design features; and
- Limit the collection, use and sharing of personal data.
“We have worked closely with stakeholders, tech companies and child safety advocates to ensure this bill creates an AADC that is effective and addresses the concerns of Michigan families,” Glanville continued. “We’ve also incorporated language to ensure our legislation improves upon the work done in other states, while maintaining the intent to provide increased data privacy.”
Similar AADC legislation has been passed and signed into law in Nebraska and Vermont in 2025, Maryland in 2024 and California in 2022. It has been introduced in various forms in a dozen states including Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Washington.
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