{"id":12917,"date":"2024-04-24T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=12917"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:32:57","slug":"happy-mothers-day-house-bill-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/legal-talk\/happy-mothers-day-house-bill-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother\u2019s Day From House Bill 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mothers strive to protect their children, and we salute all <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/adult-guardianship\/difference-between-mother-guardian\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mothers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this May for their beautiful instincts of worry and concern over, well, EVERYTHING. We salute mothers for the burdens they take on for their children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Texas House has provided a lasting Mother\u2019s Day gift to mothers everywhere. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/bill\/HB18\/2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 18 USE OF DIGITAL SERVICES BY MINORS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> protects Minor Children (and mothers\u2019 credit cards) from digital service agreements without your consent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is House Bill 18?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online service providers request personal information to sign up to communicate with offers, access websites and applications, subscribe to their services, and allow minors to communicate with others. Minors can be susceptible to online offers and sign up for subscriptions that require a Legislative act to cancel, and each month you see $2.99 hit your credit card.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2023, the Texas House made such digital service agreements unenforceable without parental consent. The process may be more inconvenient but provides mothers some comfort that their child cannot register for online services without parental knowledge and permission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other Aspects of House Bill 18<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill is also concerned with minors coming into contact with information and materials that may not be PG. The bill seeks to create a duty on digital service providers to use reasonable care to prevent physical, emotional, or developmental harm in relation to the use of digital services. The bill seeks to require the service provider to prevent exposure to substance abuse, bullying, harassment, advertisements for products that are illegal for minors (i.e. alcohol and tobacco), pornographic materials, and deceptive marketing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy Mother\u2019s Day From Hammerle Morris Law Firm\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether House Bill 18 feels like a Mother\u2019s Day Gift or a burden, our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/our-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">team of attorneys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would like to wish you a very Happy Mother\u2019s Day!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/our-team\/mark-mayer\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney Mark Mayer<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an attorney at Hammerle Morris Law Firm, offering services in estate planning, probate, guardianship, business law, litigation, and real estate.\u202f Contact him at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"tel:9724369300\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(972) 436-9300<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lewisville-attorney\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">schedule a consultation<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The foregoing does not constitute legal advice.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mothers strive to protect their children, and we salute all mothers this May for their beautiful instincts of worry and concern over, well, EVERYTHING. We salute mothers for the burdens they take on for their children.\u00a0 The Texas House has provided a lasting Mother\u2019s Day gift to mothers everywhere. House Bill 18 USE OF DIGITAL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-talk"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Mother&#039;s Day From House Bill 18 | Hammerle Morris Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Protecting minors and honoring mothers. 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