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Senate committee advances bill requiring age verification for online pornographic content after spirited debate
Summary
Senators advanced Senate Bill 201 on a party‑spanning 8–1 committee vote after hours of testimony from privacy, legal, child‑welfare and industry witnesses.
Senators advanced Senate Bill 201 on a party-spanning 8–1 committee vote after hours of testimony from privacy, legal, child‑welfare and industry witnesses.
The bill, sponsored by Senators Sandra Doherty and Julie Mullica, would require online platforms that host pornographic content to use a certified age‑verification method before allowing a user to view that content. The sponsors said the measure is narrowly tailored to keep minors from encountering sexually explicit material and includes options that do not require disclosure of a user’s identity.
Supporters — including the Age Verification Providers Association and the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault — said the…
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