📱 Maryland HB772/SB780
Prohibits a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features
📱 Utah SB 104
Introduces regulations related to the deactivation of device filters on tablets and smartphones sold in Utah.
📱Idaho S 1253
Effective from January 1, 2025, it mandates that devices activated in the state must include a filter capable of blocking obscene material. Manufacturers are held liable for civil and criminal penalties if their devices fail to comply, and they are subject to legal action by the Attorney General.
📱Arizona HB 2661
Device filter bill
📱South Carolina H 4689
Requires internet-enabled devices belonging to minors activated in South Carolina to filter out obscene content.
📱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.
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.
⚖️ Massachusetts H 1758
This bill creates a “Human Trafficking Prevention and Sex Worker Project”, which aims to prevent and eliminate human trafficking while supporting the health, safety, and autonomy of sex workers. Additionally, it establishes an interagency committee to study the decriminalization of sex work, and it allows individuals reporting crimes to be protected from certain charges related to sex work offenses.
⚖️ 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keep laws relating to minors or trafficking, and to provide for criminal record relief for people convicted of crimes repealed under this bill.