Bill > SB683

Introduced Session

This bill prohibits business entities from knowingly and intentionally publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material, unless the business entity performs reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the website. “Material harmful to minors” is defined in the bill to include material that is designed to appeal to prurient interests, that principally consists of descriptions or depictions of actual or simulated sexual acts or body parts including pubic areas, genitals, buttocks, and female nipples, and that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. In the bill, “reasonable age verification methods” includes various methods whereby the business entity may verify that an individual seeking to access the material is not a minor. Under the bill, persons that perform reasonable age verification methods may not knowingly retain identifying information of the individual attempting to access the website after the individual's access has been granted or denied. A person that violates the provisions of the bill may be subject to civil liability for damages caused by the violation.

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André Jacque (R)*,  Van Wanggaard (R)*,  Scott Allen (R),  Elijah Behnke (R),  Ty Bodden (R),  Janel Brandtjen (R),  Barbara Dittrich (R),  Rick Gundrum (R),  Nate Gustafson (R),  Dave Murphy (R),  Jeff Mursau (R),  Jerry O'Connor (R),  Nik Rettinger (R),  Donna Rozar (R),  John Spiros (R),  Chuck Wichgers (R), 

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (on 04/15/2024)

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