HB691--PORNOGRAPHICWEBSITEACCESS
SPONSOR: Christensen
Thisbilldefines"Commercialentity","Distribute","Material
harmfultominors","News-gatheringorganization", "Publish",
"Reasonableage-verificationmethods","Substantialportion",and
"Transactional data"aspertainingtothebill.
Thebillspecifiesthatanycommercialentitythatknowinglyand
intentionallydistributesorpublishespornographicmaterial
harmfultominorsontheInternetmustbeheldliableiftheentity
failstoperformreasonableage-verificationtoverifytheageof
theindividualattemptingtoaccessthematerial.
Noidentifyinginformationfromtheindividualwillberetainedby
thecommercialentityaftertherequiredage-verificationis
performed. Ifsuchinformationisretainedbythecommercial
entity,thatentitywillbeliabletotheindividualfordamages.
Thisbillmustnotbeconstruedtoaffecttherightsofanynews-
gatheringorganizations.
NoInternetserviceproviderwillbeheldtohaveviolatedthe
provisionsofthebilltotheextenttheproviderisnot
responsibleforthecreationofthecontentthatconstitutes
materialharmfultominors.
ThisbillissimilartoHB2375(2024).