HB 2458 Summary

• Establishes a child protection registry administered by the Arizona Secretary of State to compile contact points (email addresses, phone numbers, instant message identities, fax numbers) belonging to minors or accessible by minors.

• Prohibits sending marketing communications about products minors are prohibited from purchasing or material harmful to minors to registered contact points, unless the sender obtains written consent from the controlling adult after verifying their identity with government-issued identification.

• Classifies violations as a class 2 misdemeanor for first offenses on contact points, class 1 misdemeanor for subsequent offenses or any violation of registered domain names, and class 2 felony for improper access to registry information or using registry data to send solicitations.

• Allows users or legal guardians of registered contact points to bring civil actions recovering the greater of actual damages or $1,000 per unauthorized communication, plus costs and attorney fees.

• Requires senders who want to send authorized communications to pay a fee to the Secretary of State and use the established mechanism; offers discounted fees for those meeting enhanced security conditions.