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IA HF2274

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2026

Primary Sponsor

Bill Gustoff

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires operators of internet sites or applications where 33% or more of content is pornographic for minors to implement reasonable age verification before allowing access.

  • Defines "pornographic for minors" using a three-part test: material appeals to prurient interest of minors, depicts nudity/sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.

  • Permits age verification through digital identification, commercially reasonable methods using transactional data, or methods approved by the attorney general.

  • Prohibits entities performing age verification from retaining identifying information unless required by law or court order, and mandates reasonable security measures for collected data.

  • Exempts news organizations, internet service providers, search engines, and bona fide news broadcasts from the requirements.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material pornographic for minors to perform reasonable age verification.(See HF 2606.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2606.

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2026

Full Bill Text

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