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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 sparked a flurry of copycat legislation to be introduced in state houses around the country. Eight of those bills passed in 2023.

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

TitleStatusLatest ActionDateEnforcementhf:tax:policy-statushf:tax:government-bodyhf:tax:enforcement-mechanisms
Maryland HB 1212IntroducedIntroduced and referred to Economic Matters committee2025-02-06introducedmaryland
Iowa SF 207IntroducedScheduled for hearing on 2/10/252025-02-05private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducediowaprivate-lawsuits
South Carolina H 3405IntroducedReferred to Judiciary Committee2025-01-14civil fines, private lawsuitsintroducedsouth-carolinacivil-fines private-lawsuits
South Dakota SB 18IntroducedReferred to the Judiciary committee2025-01-13civil fines, criminal chargesTake Actionintroducedsouth-dakotacivil-fines criminal-charges
Missouri HB 236IntroducedScheduled for hearing on 2/11/252025-02-05private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducedmissouriprivate-lawsuits
Missouri HB 691IntroducedIntroduced2025-01-08private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducedmissouriprivate-lawsuits
Illinois HB 1103IntroducedIntroduced and referred to Rules Committee2025-01-09private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducedillinoisprivate-lawsuits
Iowa HF 62IntroducedJudiciary subcommittee recommended passage2025-01-29private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducediowaprivate-lawsuits
Maryland HB 394IntroducedScheduled for hearing on Feb 52025-01-17private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducedmarylandprivate-lawsuits
Mississippi HB 599Passed first committeeJudiciary committee recommended passage2025-01-30criminal chargespassed-first-committeemississippicriminal-charges
North Dakota HB 1561IntroducedIntroduced and referred to Judiciary committee2025-01-20private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducednorth-dakotaprivate-lawsuits
North Dakota HB 1593IntroducedIntroduced and referred to Judiciary committee2025-01-20private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducednorth-dakotaprivate-lawsuits
Oregon HB 2032IntroducedReferred to the Judiciary committee2025-01-17private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducedoregonprivate-lawsuits
Wyoming HB 43Passed first chamberPassed House2025-01-30private lawsuitsTake Actionpassed-first-chamberwyomingprivate-lawsuits
New Mexico HB 44IntroducedHeld in committee for revisions2025-01-31private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducednew-mexicoprivate-lawsuits
South Dakota HB 1053Passed first chamberTransmitted to Senate2025-01-22civil fines, criminal chargesTake Actionpassed-first-chambersouth-dakotacivil-fines criminal-charges
Hawai’i HB 1212IntroducedIntroduced2025-01-23civil finesTake Actionintroducedhawaiicivil-fines
Hawai’i HB 1198IntroducedIntroduced2025-01-23civil fines, private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducedhawaiicivil-fines private-lawsuits
North Dakota SB 2380IntroducedIntroduced and referred to Industry and Business committee2025-01-27introducednorth-dakota
Arizona SB 1341IntroducedIntroduced2025-01-28private lawsuitsTake Actionintroducedarizonaprivate-lawsuits
Arizona HB 2112Passed first committeePassed out of the Judiciary committee2025-01-29civil fines, private lawsuitsTake Actionpassed-first-committeearizonacivil-fines private-lawsuits
New York S3591 / A3946IntroducedAssembly companion introduced and referred to consumer affairs and protection committee2025-01-30civil finesTake Actionintroducednew-yorkcivil-fines
New Jersey A4146IntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee2024-04-04civil fines, private lawsuits

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