Senate Bill 714 Summary

• Requires retailers of internet-enabled devices to pre-install active, operating filters that block by default websites facilitating human trafficking, prostitution, child pornography, revenge pornography, and obscene material harmful to minors.

• Retailers must maintain filters, establish reporting mechanisms for consumers to report blocked or unblocked websites, and report child pornography to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's CyberTipline.

• Consumers may deactivate filters by verifying they are 18+ years old, requesting deactivation, and acknowledging a warning; retailers may charge a reasonable fee and cannot share personal identification information of those who deactivate.

• Wrongfully blocked websites must be unblocked within five business days; retailers face civil liability up to $500 per unblocked problematic website, fines up to $1,000 for first offenses and $2,500 for subsequent offenses, and potential misdemeanor charges.

• Act becomes effective on January 1st following enactment of substantially similar legislation by at least five other states; exempts occasional sales, pre-existing products, and independent third-party routers.