Age Verification Bill Tracker

In 2022, Louisiana passed a law requiring the use of age verification on websites that contain a “substantial portion” (33.33%) of adult content. Websites must utilize commercial age verification systems that check a user’s government identification or “public or private transactional data” to confirm that a user is at least 18 years old. Louisiana’s law has sparked a flurry of copycat legislation to be introduced in state houses around the country.

FSC opposes these laws. To learn why, read Ineffective, Unconstitutional, and Dangerous: The Problem with Age Verification Mandates

Louisiana Copycat Bills

BillLast UpdatedStatusDeadline to Pass
Mississippi HB 1315March 26, 2023April 2, 2023   ✅
Montana HB 1315March 24, 2023May 9, 2023
Arizona SB 1503March 21, 2023April 30, 2023
Texas SB 2021March 20, 2023May 29, 2023
Mississippi SB 2346March 20, 2023April 2, 2023   ✅
Arkansas SB 66March 14, 2023May 1, 2023
Utah SB 287March 12, 2023March 3, 2023   ✅
West Virginia HB 3339March 11, 2023FailedMarch 11, 2023
Florida SB 472March 7, 2023May 5, 2023
Texas HB 3585/3570March 6, 2023May 29, 2023
Iowa HF 489February 27, 2023April 28, 2023
Virginia SB 1515February 23, 2023February 25, 2023   ✅
Kentucky HB 476February 20, 2023March 30, 2023
California AB 1501February 17, 2023September 15, 2023
Kansas SB 160/KS HB 2301February 2, 2023May 22, 2023
South Dakota SB 192February 1, 2023March 27, 2023

last updated: March 26, 2023

Other Age Verification Bills

BillLast UpdatedStatusParty Responsible
for Verifying Age
Enforcement MechanismDeadline to Pass
Tennessee SB 138/HB 761March 20, 2023Faileddevice manufacturercivil liability
private right of action
May 6, 2023
Louisiana HB 77March 8, 2023website operatorcivil liabilityJune 8, 2023
South Carolina S 591March 1, 2023device manufacturercivil liability
criminal liability
private right of action
June 1, 2023
Texas HB 1181March 1, 2023website operatorcivil liabilityMay 29, 2023
Oklahoma HB 1050February 6, 2023device manufacturercivil liability
private right of action
May 26, 2023
Minnesota SF 846January 27, 2023device manufacturercriminal liability
civil liability
May 1, 2024
CASE-IT ActJanuary 26, 2023website operatorprivate lawsuitsJanuary 7, 2025
South Carolina H 3426January 10, 2023website operatorcivil liabilityJune 1, 2023
South Carolina H 3424January 10, 2023website operatorcivil liability
private right of action
June 1, 2023
Oregon SB 257January 9, 2023website operatorcivil liabilityJune 1, 2023
Missouri SB 308January 4, 2023internet service providercivil liabilityMay 30, 2023
New Jersey A 2952/S 650February 28, 2022device manufacturercivil liability
private right of action
January 9, 2024

last updated: March 26, 2023