🔞 Minnesota HF 5452

Age verification mandate. Relevant features:

• Enforcement:
  • Civil penalties of up to $50,000 per violation
  • Private lawsuits for up to $10,000 in damages
• Age verification mechanisms allowed:
  • “a commercially reasonable method used by a government agency or a business for the purpose of age verification which is conducted by a nongovernmental, independent third party organization that is located in the United States, and not controlled by a foreign country, the government of a foreign country, or any other entity formed in a foreign country”