2025 bills / H.B. 518
H.B. 518 Sexual Abuse Material Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would bar businesses from knowingly publishing or distributing obscene material or child sexual abuse material on the internet, and from buying or distributing child sex dolls. It would let individuals sue businesses that distribute such material, let the attorney general seek court relief against them, and shield businesses from liability for unlawful content they did not create.
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Official description
- defines terms
- prohibits a commercial entity from knowingly or intentionally publishing or distributing obscene material or child sexual abuse material on the Internet
- prohibits a commercial entity from knowingly or intentionally engaging in the purchase or distribution of a child sex doll
- provides a cause of action for an individual against a commercial entity that distributes or publishes unlawful materials
- provides the relief a court may grant if an individual brings a cause of action against a commercial entity that distributes or publishes unlawful materials
- provides that a commercial entity is not liable for unlawful content on the commercial entity's services, if the commercial entity did not create the unlawful material
- authorizes the attorney general to seek relief against a commercial entity that distributes or publishes unlawful materials
- requires that the attorney general develop and publish guidance relating to liability for commercial entities
- authorizes individuals with claims under the provisions this bill enacts to combine the individuals' claims
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