Supreme Court Asked to Halt Texas App Store Age Verification Law
Two groups filed emergency petitions asking the Supreme Court to block enforcement of Texas Senate Bill 2420 after a federal appeals court allowed the law to take effect.
Washington ExaminerTwo groups filed emergency petitions with the Supreme Court seeking to halt enforcement of Texas Senate Bill 2420, which requires app stores to verify user age and obtain parental consent before minors can download apps. S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit lifted a lower-court injunction that had blocked the law.
” “Texas Senate Bill 2420 does exactly that — for every mobile app on every mobile phone,” the petition continued. Under the law, any Texan under 18 must link an account to a verified parent’s account and obtain express parental consent for any app download or in-app purchase, the CCIA said. m.
On June 22. A federal district court had blocked enforcement of SB 2420 in December 2025, days before the law was scheduled to take effect. The 5th Circuit panel found that Texas was likely to succeed in defending the law against First Amendment claims.
The petitions argued that a physical-world equivalent of the statute would be unconstitutional and asked the Supreme Court to maintain the status quo while litigation proceeds. The Supreme Court is scheduled to release the remaining 20 opinions from its current term in the coming weeks, with the next release set for Thursday.
