Wis. Senate Panel OKs Age-Verification Bill That Passed Assembly in March
Kids online safety legislation could soon get a Wisconsin Senate floor vote. About eight months after AB-105 passed the Assembly, the age-verification bill received a green light Wednesday from the Senate Mental Health Committee.
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AB-105 would prohibit businesses from “knowingly and intentionally publishing or distributing material harmful to minors” younger than 18 “on a website that contains a substantial portion of such material, unless the business entity performs a reasonable age verification method to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the website,” said a bill analysis.
The Assembly passed the bill 69-22 on March 20. The Senate committee on Tuesday also amended and advanced the similar SB-130.