California AB 1501
This bill would require a commercial sexually explicit website to use an age verification method that prevents minors from accessing sexually explicit material. Nothing about the method is defined. Noncompliance would open websites to private lawsuits from the parent or legal guardian of a minor who accessed the sexually explicit material.
🔞 CASE–IT Act (2023)
Creates an exception to Section 230 immunity for information “harmful to minors” unless they “implement a system designed to effectively screen users who are minors from accessing such content, to the extent feasible using technology available at the time of such distribution.”
Kansas SB 160 / HB 2301
Louisiana AVS law copycat. Requires use of commercial age verification systems or valid government ID on websites that contain “a substantial portion of material that may be harmful to minors.”
South Carolina HB 3826
Greatly expands the definition of “harmful to minors” to include any material that depicts sexual activity or “contains profane language”.Â
Arizona SB 1503
Requires that anyone who posts content to a website that “contains a substantial portion of explicit sexual material” verify the age of that website’s users via government-issued identification.