The proposed Rights of Children and Young People Measure will require Welsh ministers to give proper consideration to the rights of children, as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), when making any strategic decisions.
It will not impose a duty on other people or organisations, for example, NHS bodies or local authorities.
Addressing the Assembly, Lewis said: "The overall purpose of the measure is to embed our rights-based approach to policy-making and strengthen and maintain momentum towards full realisation of children's and young people's rights in general.
"The main duty within the proposed measure is placed on Assembly government ministers. It requires them to have due regard to the substantive rights and obligations within the UNCRC and its optional protocols when they are making strategic decisions about how to exercise functions which they exercise."
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