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Gavin Newsom Signs Bills Protecting Compensation for Child Influencers

Former child star Demi Lovato joined the California governor on Thursday as he greenlit legislation that expands the Coogan Law and requires certain influencers to set aside trusts for minor performers.

Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law on Thursday that offer new financial protections to children who perform and appear in income-generating online content. The Coogan Law, which was signed into law in the state in 1939 and was named after child silent-film star Jackie Coogan, mandates that 15 percent of a child performer’s earnings be saved in a protected trust that they can access when they reach adulthood. The other legislation that was greenlit on Thursday, Senate Bill 764, states that online influencers featuring children in at least 30 percent of their output must put away a percentage of gross earnings in a trust for the minor to access when they become an adult.

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