Starting tomorrow, June 4, app developers will have to comply with several App Store age assurance requirements tied to new Apple Accounts in Texas. Here are the details.
A short-notice change that has been a long time coming
Last May, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2420, also known as the App Store Accountability Act, into law, requiring app marketplaces to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for minors under 18.
The signing came despite a heavy lobbying campaign from Apple, which reportedly included CEO Tim Cook personally calling Governor Abbott to urge him to veto the bill.
And while the law was slated to take effect on January 1, 2026, Federal Judge Robert Pitman issued a preliminary injunction against SB 2420 in late December, finding that the law was “more likely than not unconstitutional.”
