Michigan HB 5009
Age verification mandate. Enforced by public or private right of action.
Pennsylvania HB 1501
The “Protection of Minors from Unfiltered Devices Act” would require new smart phones and tablets activated in Pennsylvania to have a “harmful material” filter enabled by default.
Child Online Safety Modernization Act (COSMA)
The Child Online Safety Modernization Act replaces the term “child pornography” with the more accurate “child sexual abuse material” in US federal law; updates the rules requiring CSAM to be reported to The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC); and requires platforms to report apparent child sex trafficking and enticement to NCMEC.
California SB 646
This bill would allow victims of CSAM to bring a civil action against a person or company that distributes the material. It would require websites to list a contact to report violations and to report erroneous content removals.
New York A 7175
To repeal statutes that criminalize sex work between consenting adults, but keep laws relating to minors or trafficking, and to provide for criminal record relief for people convicted of crimes repealed under this bill.
California AB 1726
Declares all former convictions for loitering with the intent to commit prostitution and for prostitution with a prior conviction by a person who knew they had acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) legally invalid based on constitutional error.
New York A 216/S 6859
Requires advertisements to disclose the use of synthetic media; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.
SHIELD Act of 2023
A bill to make it unlawful to knowingly mail or distribute an intimate visual depiction of an adult engaging in sexually explicit conduct or who is nude or partially nude under certain conditions.