2025 Regular Session • West Virginia Legislature
HB2689: Require pornography websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content
Legislative Summary
The purpose of this bill is to create liability for publishers and distributors of sexual material harmful to minors, to provide definitions, to create a cause of action, and to provide for the administration, applicability, exceptions, and penalties for violation of the chapter.
Demographic Impact
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Bill History
2/20/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
To Judiciary
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Introduced in House
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
To House Judiciary
House of Delegates
3/10/2025
To House Legal Services
House of Delegates
3/10/2025
Markup Discussion
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
To House Judiciary
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/20/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Judiciary(House of Delegates)
Sponsors
Republican: 11
Primary Sponsor

Geno Chiarelli
Republican