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House adopts age‑verification rules for app stores, links minors’ accounts to parents
Summary
The Louisiana House adopted a conference committee report on House Bill 570 requiring app stores to verify age and obtain parental consent before minors download or purchase apps; the bill returns age‑verification enforcement authority to the attorney general and passed 97‑0 (recorded as 97 yays).
Representative Carver moved for adoption of the conference committee report on House Bill 570, a measure that would require app stores to perform age verification and link a minor’s account to a parent’s account before downloads, in‑app purchases or subscriptions. The House voted to adopt the report; the clerk recorded 97 yays and the report was adopted.
The bill, as presented by Representative Carver, was described as restoring parental controls at the “front porch of the digital world.” Carver said the conference reverted some…
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