Rideshare union rights, social media limits and other state laws taking effect Jan. 1

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The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. A new law in Virginia is designed to limit social media use by kids under 16 to one hour a day. It faces a legal challenge.

Every new year, public media reporters across the country bring us some of the new state laws taking effect where they are. Here are six in 2026.

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