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MO HB3015

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Farnan

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Entities performing age verification are prohibited from retaining any identifying information of users

  • Internet service providers, search engines, and cloud service providers are exempt from liability when merely providing access to content they did not create

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Children And Families1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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