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Legislators in Kansas, Mississippi, Kentucky File Measures Similar to S.B. 66 Protecting Children from Pornography

Feb 24, 2023Jerry CoxLegislatureArkansas Legislature, Pornography

Legislators in other states have filed bills similar to a measure in Arkansas that would protect children from pornography online.

S.B. 66 by Sen. Tyler Dees (R – Siloam Springs) and Rep. Mindy McAlindon (R – Centerton) requires pornographic websites to implement an age verification process to protect children from pornography.

The bill passed with nearly unanimous support in the Arkansas Senate earlier this month, but it failed in the House Rules Committee on Wednesday when none of the committee members who were at the committee meeting made a motion to pass the bill.

Family Council has identified legislation filed in Kansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi this year that is nearly identical to S.B. 66.

These good bills require pornographic websites to verify that users are 18 or older. Websites that fail to do so could be held liable under the law.

All of these bills are modeled after a law that Louisiana passed last year. That good law has caused the world’s largest porn site to start verifying that users from Louisiana are over the age of 18.

Arkansas has an opportunity to be a leader this year by passing legislation that will help protect children from pornography online. S.B. 66 is a good bill that will do exactly that.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Arkansas House Committee Fails to Pass Bill to Protect Children From Internet Pornography

Feb 23, 2023Jerry CoxLegislationArkansas Legislature, Pornography

On Wednesday the House Rules Committee at the Arkansas Legislature failed to passed a measure that would help protect children in Arkansas from Internet pornography.

The bill passed with nearly unanimous support in the Arkansas Senate earlier this month, but it failed in the House Rules Committee on Wednesday.

S.B. 66 is a good bill that requires pornographic websites to verify users are 18 or older using a government-issued ID or another commercially available method.

In practice, this means pornographic websites would rely on IDs like a driver’s license to prevent minors from accessing pornographic material online.

Websites that violate S.B. 66 would be held liable under the law.

The measure is similar to a law Louisiana recently passed.

Technology has given children unprecedented access to pornography. Among other things, pornography is believed to contribute to mental health problems.

S.B. 66 would help address this problem in Arkansas.

You Can Read S.B. 66 Here.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Senate Passes Bill Requiring Porn Sites to Verify Users are 18+

Feb 2, 2023Jerry CoxDecency, LegislationArkansas Legislature, Decency, Pornography

On Wednesday the Arkansas Senate passed a measure requiring pornographic websites to verify that users are 18 or older.

S.B. 66 by Sen. Tyler Dees (R – Siloam Springs) and Rep. Mindy McAlindon (R – Centerton) requires pornographic websites to use a digital ID, government-issued ID, or another commercially available age verification process to protect children from pornography.

The measure — which is similar to a law Louisiana recently enacted — passed without any opposition in the Arkansas Senate.

Under this bill, pornographic websites would rely on an ID like an Arkansas driver’s licenses or a third-party ID-verification system to prevent minors from accessing pornographic material online.

Websites that violate S.B. 66 would be held liable under the law.

Pornography is believed to contribute to mental health problems, and in the past 30 years it has become available at unprecedented levels as a result of technology.

S.B. 66 helps address this problem in Arkansas.

The bill now goes to the Arkansas House of Representatives.