HB 931: Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors

GENERAL BILL by Sirois

Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors; Requires developer & covered manufacturer to, beginning on specified date, make specific determinations about covered applications & user, provide certain notices, & provide certain features to parents & developers; provides requirements for devices sold before specified date; requires application store to establish nondiscriminatory practices; provides for enforcement actions by Attorney General; provides affirmative defense; provides limitation on liability for covered manufacturer; revises age verification method used by certain commercial entities to verify age of person accessing certain material; provides exception; requires covered manufacturer to ensure certain statutory requirements are met; authorizes DLA to bring action against covered manufacturers; authorizes imposition of civil penalties against covered manufacturers; removes certain liability & damage provisions for certain commercial entities; removes provisions relating to public records exemptions & OGSR; requires covered manufactures to take certain steps upon activation of device; requires certain websites, applications, or online services to take certain actions based on amount of material harmful to minors found on such website, application, or online service; requires covered manufacturers to comply with statutory requirements in nondiscriminatory manner; prohibits covered manufacturers from taking certain actions; authorizes DLA to adopt rules & regulations; provides preemption.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/24/2025 09:25 AM

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 1438 by Grall Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors Last Action: 3/20/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/25/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed	Identical
  H 1503 by Salzman Harm to Minors Last Action: 3/5/2025 H Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Compare
  S 1718 by Ingoglia Harm to Minors Last Action: 3/10/2025 S Introduced	Compare

• Citations - Statute (3)

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  282.803		Page 3 [pdf]
  501.1737	Age verification for online access to materials harmful to minors.	Page 9 [pdf]
  501.1741		Page 19 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/24/2025	H	• Filed
  3/2/2025	H	• Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  3/4/2025	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)