Bill requiring porn sites to verify user ages heads to Missouri governor

By: Steph Quinn

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 566

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A bill requiring pornography websites to conduct age checks before granting access is headed to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe.

Commercial websites and platforms must already verify that users are at least 18 if more than a third of their content is sexually explicit as part of a rule enforced by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway since December.

The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Sherri Gallick of Belton, would codify that rule …

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