2 States' Age-Verification Laws Turn On in Days
Ohio and Arizona age-verification laws will soon take effect, the Free Speech Coalition noted Wednesday.
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Effective Friday, Arizona’s HB-2112 will allow private lawsuits to enforce a requirement that “sites with more than one-third ‘sexual material harmful to minors’ to age-verify visitors."
Ohio’s HB-96 then comes online Monday. Enforced by the state’s attorney general and featuring a 45-day right to cure, it “requires any site with a ‘significant or substantial portion”’of material that is ‘obscene or harmful to juveniles’ to age-verify visitors, though it provides an exemption for a ‘provider of an interactive computer service,’” the coalition said.
The coalition represents the adult entertainment industry and is known for its unsuccessful challenge of a Texas age-verification law at the U.S. Supreme Court (see 2506270041).