SB 683

This bill prohibits business entities from knowingly and intentionally

publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website

that contains a substantial portion of such material, unless the business entity

performs reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of individuals

attempting to access the website. “Material harmful to minors” is defined in the bill

to include material that is designed to appeal to prurient interests, that principally

consists of descriptions or depictions of actual or simulated sexual acts or body parts

including pubic areas, genitals, buttocks, and female nipples, and that lacks serious

literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. In the bill, “reasonable age

verification methods” includes various methods whereby the business entity may

verify that an individual seeking to access the material is not a minor. Under the bill,

persons that perform reasonable age verification methods may not knowingly retain

identifying information of the individual attempting to access the website after the

individual's access has been granted or denied.

A person that violates the provisions of the bill may be subject to civil liability

for damages caused by the violation.