HB 1513: Requiring Age Verification to Pornographic Websites to Prevent Children from Gaining Access

Overview Resources

• Constitutional Standard:
  • Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
  • Explainer: Age Verification Laws in the U.S.
  • A Simple Law Is Doing The Impossible. It’s Making the Online Porn Industry Retreat.

Pros

• Pornography is extremely harmful to children who are currently being exposed to it at high levels. https://acpeds.org/the-impact-of-pornography-on-children/.

• Simply extends existing laws for obtaining pornography physically to the digital sphere: https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5383045-age-verification-laws-online-porn/

• The porn industry retreats in states where AV laws are implemented: https://www.yahoo.com/news/pornhub-to-leave-five-more-states-over-age-verification-laws-194906657.html?guccounter=1.
• Strong bipartisan support: https://americanprinciplesproject.org/media/new-app-poll-83-support-age-verification-mandate-porn-sites/.