HB 567 Summary

• Requires manufacturers and sellers of internet-enabled products to include digital content blocking capability that blocks human trafficking hubs, child pornography, revenge pornography, and obscene material by default.

• Mandates vendors establish reporting mechanisms (website or call center) to report unblocked prohibited content or improperly blocked material, with response requirements of five business days.

• Allows adults (18+) to disable blocking by presenting ID, acknowledging warning, and paying a one-time $20 fee deposited into the human trafficking and child exploitation prevention special fund.

• Establishes a special fund to provide grants for human trafficking and child exploitation prevention, victim services, shelters, counseling, law enforcement, and related support programs.

• Makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly manufacture or sell internet-enabled products without digital blocking capability, with exemptions for occasional sales by non-business entities; effective July 1, 2020.