SB66 Summary

• Creates the "Protection of Minors from Distribution of Harmful Material Act" establishing civil liability for commercial entities that publish or distribute material harmful to minors online without performing reasonable age verification.

• Requires commercial entities operating websites with a substantial portion (over 33.33%) of material harmful to minors to implement reasonable age verification methods including digitized identification cards, government-issued identification, or commercially reasonable methods meeting Identity Assurance Level 2 (IAL2) standards.

• Prohibits commercial entities or third-party vendors from retaining identifying information of individuals after granting access to harmful material, with violations resulting in liability for damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.

• Exempts news-gathering organizations, news broadcasts, internet service providers not responsible for content creation, and cloud service providers from liability under the act.

• Establishes that individuals may bring civil actions for damages against violating commercial entities, including court costs and attorney's fees as ordered by the court.