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This bill, titled the Adult Content Age Verification Act, establishes new requirements for commercial entities that publish or distribute material harmful to minors online, defining such material as content that appeals to prurient interests, depicts explicit sexual acts, or lacks serious value for minors, and defining minors as individuals under 18. Commercial entities that knowingly and intentionally make a substantial portion, defined as over 33.3%, of this harmful material available on their websites must implement reasonable age verification methods, such as using government-issued identification or commercially reasonable transactional data, to confirm users are at least 18 years old. Failure to do so can result in civil penalties of up to $5,000 per day of violation, with an additional penalty of up to $10,000 per violation for knowing non-compliance, all of which will be deposited into a Cyber Exploitation of Children Fund dedicated to investigating child exploitation cybercrimes. The Attorney General is empowered to investigate alleged violations, seek injunctions, and assess these penalties, with a 30-day notice period provided to entities before legal action is initiated, and the Act includes exceptions for bona fide news organizations and internet service providers who are not responsible for the content itself.

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3945&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104