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Substitute for bill on app age verification advances; sponsors propose age bands, OS‑level checks and parental control of 'age signals'
Summary
The committee accepted substitute Bill 954‑7 as the working document; the substitute uses age bands (13–15, 16–17, 18+), requires operating‑system‑level age verification rather than app‑store checks, allows developers to supply a developer age signal when information conflicts, and requires parental consent to share age signals, sponsors said.
Senator Patton moved to accept substitute Bill 954‑7 as the working document and described the substitute's core changes.
The substitute replaces a single 'by‑18' age category with multiple age bands (sponsor example phrased the bands as at least 13 and 16; at least 16 and 18; and 18 and over)…
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