| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.691 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECHRISTENSEN. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1888H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter407,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtopornography |
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| 8 | 8 | | websiteaccess. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter407,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection407.2095,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 407.2095.1.Forpurposesofthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Commercialentity",includescorporations,limitedliabilitycompanies, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3partnerships,limitedpartnerships,soleproprietorships,orotherlegallyrecognized |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4entities; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (2)"Distribute",toissue,sell,give,provide,deliver,transfer,transmute, |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6circulate,ordisseminatebyanymeans; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (3)"Internet",theinternationalcomputernetworkofbothfederalandnon |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8federalinteroperablepacket-switcheddatanetworks; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 (4)"Materialharmfultominors",includes: |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (a)Anymaterialthattheaveragepersonapplyingcontemporarycommunity |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11standardswouldfind,takingthematerialasawholeandwithrespecttominors,is |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12designedtoappealtoorpandertotheprurientinterest; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (b)Anyofthefollowingmaterialthatexploits,isdevotedto,orprincipally |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14consistsofdescriptionsofactual,simulated,oranimateddisplayordepictionofanyof |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15thefollowing,inamannerpatentlyoffensivewithrespecttominors: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 a.Pubichair,anus,vulva,genitals,ornippleofthefemalebreast; |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 b.Touching,caressing,orfondlingofnipples,breasts,buttocks,anuses,or |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18genitals;or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 c.Sexualintercourse,masturbation,sodomy,bestiality,oralcopulation, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20flagellation,excretoryfunctions,exhibitions,oranyothersexualact;and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 (c)Thematerialtakenasawholelacksseriousliterary,artistic,political,or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22scientificvalueforminors; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (5)"Minor",anypersonundereighteenyearsofage; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 (6)"News-gatheringorganization",anyofthefollowing: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 (a)Anemployeeofanewspaper,newspublication,ornewssource,printedoron |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26anonlineormobileplatform,ofcurrentnewsandpublicinterestwhileoperatingasan |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27employeeasprovidedinthisparagraphwhocanprovidedocumentationofsuch |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28employmentwiththenewspaper,newspublication,ornewssource;or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29 (b)Anemployeeofaradiobroadcaststation,televisionbroadcaststation,cable |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30televisionoperator,orwireservicewhileoperatingasanemployeeasprovidedinthis |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31paragraphwhocanprovidedocumentationofsuchemployment; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32 (7)"Publish",tocommunicateormakeinformationavailabletoanotherperson |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33orentityonapubliclyavailableinternetwebsite; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34 (8)"Reasonableage-verificationmethods",verifyingthatapersonseekingto |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35accessmaterialiseighteenyearsofageorolderbyrequiringthepersonattemptingto |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36accessthematerialtocomplywithacommercialage-verificationsystemthatverifiesage |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37inoneormoreofthefollowingways: |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38 (a)Government-issuedidentification;or |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39 (b)Anycommerciallyreasonablemethodthatreliesonpublicorprivate |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40transactionaldatatoverifytheageofthepersonattemptingtoaccesstheinformationis |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41atleasteighteenyearsofage; |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42 (9)"Substantialportion",morethanthirty-threeandone-thirdpercentoftotal |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43materialonawebsitethatmeetsthedefinitionof"materialharmfultominors"as |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44definedunderthissection; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45 (10)"Transactionaldata",asequenceofinformationthatdocumentsan |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46exchange,agreement,ortransferbetweenanindividual,commercialentity,orthird |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47partyusedforthepurposeofsatisfyingarequestorevent."Transactionaldata"may |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48include,butisnotlimitedto,recordsfrommortgage,education,andemployment |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49entities. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50 2.Anycommercialentitythatknowinglyandintentionallypublishesor |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51distributesmaterialharmfultominorsontheinternetfromawebsitethatcontainsa |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52substantialportionofsuchmaterialshallbeheldliableiftheentityfailstoperform |
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| 65 | 65 | | HB691 2 53reasonableage-verificationmethodstoverifytheageofindividualsattemptingtoaccess |
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| 66 | 66 | | 54thematerial. |
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| 67 | 67 | | 55 3.Anycommercialentityorthirdpartythatperformstherequiredage |
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| 68 | 68 | | 56verificationshallnotretainanyidentifyinginformationoftheindividualafteraccess |
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| 69 | 69 | | 57hasbeengrantedtothematerial. |
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| 70 | 70 | | 58 4.Anycommercialentitythatisfoundtohaveviolatedthissectionshallbeliable |
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| 71 | 71 | | 59toanindividualfordamagesresultingfromaminor'saccessingthematerial,including |
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| 72 | 72 | | 60courtcostsandreasonableattorney'sfeesasorderedbythecourt. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 61 5.Acommercialentitythatisfoundtohaveknowinglyretainedidentifying |
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| 74 | 74 | | 62informationoftheindividualafteraccesshasbeengrantedtotheindividualshallbe |
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| 75 | 75 | | 63liabletotheindividualfordamagesresultingfromretainingtheidentifyinginformation, |
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| 76 | 76 | | 64includingcourtcostsandreasonableattorney'sfeesasorderedbythecourt. |
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| 77 | 77 | | 65 6.Thissectionshallnotapplytoanybonafidenewsorpublicinterestbroadcast, |
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| 78 | 78 | | 66websitevideo,report,oreventandshallnotbeconstruedtoaffecttherightsofany |
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| 79 | 79 | | 67news-gatheringorganizations. |
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| 80 | 80 | | 68 7.Nointernetserviceprovider,oritsaffiliatesorsubsidiaries,searchengine,or |
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| 81 | 81 | | 69cloudserviceprovidershallbeheldtohaveviolatedtheprovisionsofthissectionsolely |
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| 82 | 82 | | 70forprovidingaccessorconnectiontoorfromawebsiteorotherinformationorcontent |
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| 83 | 83 | | 71ontheinternetorafacility,system,ornetworknotunderthatprovider'scontrol, |
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| 84 | 84 | | 72includingtransmission,downloading,intermediatestorage,accesssoftware,orother |
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| 85 | 85 | | 73activity,totheextentsuchproviderisnotresponsibleforthecreationofthecontentof |
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| 86 | 86 | | 74thecommunicationthatconstitutesmaterialharmfultominors. |
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| 88 | 88 | | HB691 3 |
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