give the General Assembly's leaders the power to call a special session.

Now, sticking with legislation focused on Kentucky's youth, a bill that would delete social media accounts for minors is one step closer to becoming law.

House Bill 227 passed the House floor yesterday.

If it becomes law, children under 16 in Kentucky would lose access to social media unless their parents signed them up for an account.

As our Mackenzie Spink reports, the bill received high praise even from Democrats.

>> Republican Representative Matt Lockett says his bill will protect children from the dangers of addiction to social media.

>> I know that we all can see social media's harm to children.

That is well documented.

First, they all have an addictive design and a brain exposed frequently to social media.

It closely resembles a brain hooked on the highly addictive drugs.

Second, social media use causes declines in mental health and increases self-harm and suicidal thoughts.

>> House Bill 227 would mandate large social media platforms to use already existing age estimation technology to identify and delete accounts belonging to children under 16.

>> It requires platforms to use the same technology that they are already using to analyze, addict and monetize our kids.

These large social media companies are currently estimating a a user's age and then selling that data to be included in the user's feed.

>> Those accounts could be restored with parental consent, but under House Bill 227, so-called addictive features like personalized feeds and auto scrolling would be disabled for children's accounts.

Northern Kentucky Democrat Representative Matthew Lehman voiced high praise for the bill, saying he's fed up with social media companies exploiting Kentucky's children.

>> You know, I don't want to overstate things, but this may be the most impactful legislation we passed this session.

I mean, behavioral scientists have looked at this.

I mean, they say these social media platforms are like slot machines.

I mean, they are meant to keep our kids scrolling and returning.

We regulate slot machines.

We prohibit minors from using them.

We regulate tobacco marketing to minors.

We regulate alcohol advertising to minors.

But right now, the most powerful behavioral influence systems ever created operate inside the phones of our children in this country with almost no guardrails.

And House Bill 227