New Minnesota Laws Take Effect July 1: Social Media Warnings, School Safety And More

ST. PAUL, MN — A new set of state laws will take effect Tuesday, July 1, bringing changes across health, education, public safety, and child care.

Here is what Minnesotans should know:

SOCIAL MEDIA WARNING LABELS

Starting Tuesday, social media platforms are required to display a mental health warning every time a user opens the app or site. The warning must remain on screen until the user either leaves the platform or acknowledges it and chooses to continue.

The warning must describe the potential mental health impacts of social media use and include the national suicide hotline number and website. Platforms cannot allow users to disable the warning or bury it in terms and conditions.

The provision is part of a health and human services policy law passed during the 2025 special session, sponsored by Rep. Robert Bierman of Apple Valley and Sen. Melissa Wiklund of Bloomington.

SCHOOL THREAT REPORTING

A new education law taking effect Tuesday requires school districts and charter schools to adopt policies to implement anonymous threat reporting systems. Districts have until June 30, 2027, to adopt a policy and until July 1, 2028, to have a system in place.

The systems must include a 24-hour mobile app, website or toll-free hotline for reporting dangerous, violent or threatening activity on school property or involving enrolled students.

Districts that do not build their own system must direct students, families and staff to the state Department of Public Safety's statewide anonymous threat reporting system. The law appropriates $4 million for grants to schools to help cover startup costs.

COURTHOUSE AND CAPITOL SECURITY

A public safety law now in effect directs $47.44 million for the 2026-27 biennium to fund security at the state Capitol, courthouses and for judicial staff.

The law provides $4 million for a competitive courthouse safety grant program, nearly $1.7 million for the judicial branch to monitor threats against judges and staff, and $967,000 for home security systems for judicial employees who face threats.

It also provides $12 million for a new Minnesota Victims of Crime account to fund grants to community-based crime victim service providers, including emergency shelters and legal advocacy groups.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROPERTY RIGHTS

A new civil law taking effect Tuesday gives domestic violence survivors a new legal tool. An unmarried person can now petition a court to remove an abusive partner's interest in a contract for deed on shared property, provided the abuser has not been living at the property and the petitioner has been making payments.

The law covers situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault or harassment and was sponsored by Rep. Kelly Moller of Shoreview and Sen. Heather Gustafson of Vadnais Heights.

CHILD CARE SECURITY CAMERAS

Licensed child care centers required to post maltreatment investigation notices must now have video security cameras in all public and shared areas. Recordings must be retained for at least 28 days. Centers can apply for technology grants of up to $4,000 to cover camera costs.

For more information on these and other new laws, visit house.mn.gov/newlaws.