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MO HB3015
Bill
Status
1/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Farnan
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AI Summary
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Commercial entities publishing websites where more than one-third of content is sexual material harmful to minors must implement age verification using government ID, digital identification, or transactional data methods
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Entities performing age verification are prohibited from retaining any identifying information of users
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Internet service providers, search engines, and cloud service providers are exempt from liability when merely providing access to content they did not create
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Attorney General enforces violations through civil actions, with penalties of $10,000 per day for non-compliant websites and $10,000 per instance of improperly retained user data
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Additional penalties up to $250,000 may be imposed if minors access harmful sexual material due to age-verification failures
Legislative Description
Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internet
Last Action
HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 17 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
2/17/2026