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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Missouri lawmakers have advanced an age verification bill out of the GOP-controlled state House of Representatives, moving the state closer to joining others that have enacted laws regulating access to adult content online.
The bill received a third-reading vote on March 4 and was then transmitted to the Senate, where it was taken up Monday. A first reading was held that morning, and as of this writing it has not yet been referred to a Senate committee for a markup hearing.
Three separate proposals—HB 1839, introduced by state Rep. Sherri Gallick; HB 2921, introduced by state Rep. Melissa Schmidt; and HB 3015, introduced by state Rep. Jeff Farnan—were combined by the House Children and Families Committee into a substitute bill.
The measure would require websites in which at least 33 percent of the content is considered harmful to minors or “pornographic” to verify the ages of users. The requirement could apply to adult platforms as well as mainstream social media services, including Reddit and X.
Despite a non-legislative regulatory intervention issued by former Missouri Attorney Gen
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Missouri lawmakers have advanced an age verification bill out of the GOP-controlled state House of Representatives, moving the state closer to joining others that have enacted laws regulating access to adult content online.
The bill received a third-reading vote on March 4 and was then transmitted to the Senate, where it was taken up Monday. A first reading was held that morning, and as of this writing it has not yet been referred to a Senate committee for a markup hearing.
Three separate proposals—HB 1839, introduced by state Rep. Sherri Gallick; HB 2921, introduced by state Rep. Melissa Schmidt; and HB 3015, introduced by state Rep. Jeff Farnan—were combined by the House Children and Families Committee into a substitute bill.
The measure would require websites in which at least 33 percent of the content is considered harmful to minors or “pornographic” to verify the ages of users. The requirement could apply to adult platforms as well as mainstream social media services, including Reddit and X.
Despite a non-legislative regulatory intervention issued by former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey in 2025 and later supported by his successor, Catherine Hanaway, lawmakers in the Republican-controlled legislature are seeking to codify the requirement in state statute, which would make it more difficult to repeal in the future.
Attorney General Andrew Bailey in 2025 and later supported by his successor, Catherine Hanaway, lawmakers in the Republican-controlled legislature are seeking to codify the requirement in state statute, which would make it more difficult to repeal in the future.
