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Senate passes age‑verification and excise tax proposal for adult websites; creates restricted enforcement fund
Summary
Third substitute Senate Bill 73 would require age verification for sites with material harmful to minors, establish an excise tax directing most revenue to mental‑health programs, and give the Division of Consumer Protection enforcement authority and limited fines; the Senate passed the bill after sponsor remarks.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate passed third substitute Senate Bill 73 after a sponsor presentation that described a package of regulations for online adult content and a funding mechanism for prevention and enforcement.
Senator Musselman, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the legislation would require commercial websites with material harmful to minors to implement age verification, set standards for privacy and data security, and…
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