HF 864 — A bill for an act requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material pornographic for minors to perform reasonable age verification.

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An affiliate or a subsidiary of an entity listed in paragraphs “a” through “g”.

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“Substantial portion” means thirty-three percent or more of the total amount of data publicly available on an internet site or application.

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“Transactional data” means a sequence of information that documents an exchange, agreement, or transfer between an individual, commercial entity, or third party.

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NEW SECTION.

554J.2 Age verification.

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5An Sc.internet service provider, an internet service provider’s affiliates and subsidiaries, a search engine, or a cloud service provider solely for providing access or connection to an internet site or other information or content on the internet, in a facility, on a system, or on a network not under the internet service provider’s, affiliate’s, subsidiary’s, search engine’s, or cloud service provider’s control.

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For purposes of this subsection, “access or connection” includes but is not limited to transmitting, downloading, providing intermediate storage for, and providing access software for data.

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4.

NEW SECTION.

554J.4 Enforcement and penalties.

1.

The attorney general shall enforce this chapter, seek injunctions for violations of this chapter, and bring actions against a person thought to be in violation of this chapter.

2.

Each time an individual accesses an internet site or application not in compliance with this chapter shall constitute a separate violation.

3.

a.

A violation of this chapter is punishable by a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per violation.

A person in violation of this chapter shall not accrue civil penalties of more than ten thousand dollars in a single day.

b.

Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the state.

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5.

NEW SECTION.

554J.5 Rules.

The attorney general shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this chapter.

______________________________ ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR Speaker of the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 864, Ninety-first General Assembly.

______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2026 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor