Assemblywoman Andrea Katz will hold a press conference to discuss her legislative package aimed at addressing the youth mental health crisis by strengthening online protections for children. The package includes a bill to enact a New Jersey Kids Code Act (A4015), which would require online service providers to implement measures to protect minors’ online privacy; legislation that would require mental health warning labels on certain social media platforms (A4013); and a measure that would establish a social media research center (A4014). These bills will be heard in the Assembly Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee immediately following the press conference.
When: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.
Where: Room L-109, New Jersey State House, 125 West State Street, Trenton, NJ
Invited Guests:
- Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin
- Assemblyman Christopher Tully, Chair of the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
- Assemblywoman Andrea Katz
- Erin Popolo – Parent advocate, whose daughter Emily died by suicide in 2021 after intense cyberbullying on Snapchat and Instagram.
- Julie Scelfo – Founder and Executive Director of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA).
- Laura Miranda-Browne – Co-founder of Roots To Results, a women-owned business in New Jersey, mother of three children, school board member, and member of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA).
- Sebastian Mahal – Co-Chair of Design It For Us