{ "batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_commercial_entity_definition", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Definition of covered commercial entity", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida's age-verification statute defines 'commercial entity' as a corporation, LLC, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other legally recognized entity, which does not expressly include a natural individual selling their own content.", "body": "Florida's age-verification statute defines 'commercial entity' as a corporation, LLC, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other legally recognized entity, which does not expressly include a natural individual selling their own content.\n\nWhat Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) actually says:\n\n“\"Commercial entity\" includes a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a limited partnership, a sole proprietorship, and any other legally recognized entity.”\n\nNote: The definition enumerates legal entity forms; a natural individual is not among the enumerated forms.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.1737.html", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)", "evidence_quote": "\"Commercial entity\" includes a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a limited partnership, a sole proprietorship, and any other legally recognized entity.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Definition of covered commercial entity", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "applies_to_scope": "Fla. Stat. 501.1737(1)(b)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_individual_creator_not_explicit", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Whether an individual selling their own content is a covered entity", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Florida statute imposes the age-verification duty on a 'commercial entity' whose definition lists corporate and business entity forms and does not expressly include a natural person, so whether a lone individual selling their own content from their own page is covered is not spelled out in the statute.", "body": "The Florida statute imposes the age-verification duty on a 'commercial entity' whose definition lists corporate and business entity forms and does not expressly include a natural person, so whether a lone individual selling their own content from their own page is covered is not spelled out in the statute.\n\nWhat Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) actually says:\n\n“(2) A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on a website or application, if the website or application contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors, must use either anonymous age verification or standard age verification to verify that the age of a person attempting to access the material is 18 years of age or older...”\n\nNote: The obligation is stated only against a 'commercial entity'; the statute provides no clause expressly including an individual natural-person creator.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.1737.html", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)", "evidence_quote": "(2) A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on a website or application, if the website or application contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors, must use either anonymous age verification or standard age verification to verify that the age of a person attempting to access the material is 18 years of age or older...", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Whether an individual selling their own content is a covered entity", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_substantial_portion_percent", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Material-harmful-to-minors percentage threshold", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida applies the statute only where material harmful to minors is more than 33.3 percent of the total material on a website or application.", "body": "Florida applies the statute only where material harmful to minors is more than 33.3 percent of the total material on a website or application.\n\nWhat Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) actually says:\n\n“\"Substantial portion\" means more than 33.3 percent of total material on a website or application.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.1737.html", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)", "evidence_quote": "\"Substantial portion\" means more than 33.3 percent of total material on a website or application.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Material-harmful-to-minors percentage threshold", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "applies_to_scope": "Fla. Stat. 501.1737(1)(j)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_material_harmful_definition", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Definition of material harmful to minors", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida defines 'material harmful to minors' by a three-part test: prurient interest under contemporary community standards, patently offensive depiction/description of sexual conduct as defined in s. 847.001(19), and lack of serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.", "body": "Florida defines 'material harmful to minors' by a three-part test: prurient interest under contemporary community standards, patently offensive depiction/description of sexual conduct as defined in s. 847.001(19), and lack of serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.\n\nWhat Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) actually says:\n\n“\"Material harmful to minors\" means any material that: 1. The average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; 2. Depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct as specifically defined in s. 847.001(19); and 3. When taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.1737.html", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)", "evidence_quote": "\"Material harmful to minors\" means any material that: 1. The average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; 2. Depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct as specifically defined in s. 847.001(19); and 3. When taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Definition of material harmful to minors", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "applies_to_scope": "Fla. Stat. 501.1737(1)(e)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_verification_method_choices", "category": "Safety", "title": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Verification method mandated and on whom", "summary": "A covered commercial entity in Florida must offer both anonymous and standard age verification and let the person attempting to access material choose which method to use, verifying the person is 18 or older.", "body": "A covered commercial entity in Florida must offer both anonymous and standard age verification and let the person attempting to access material choose which method to use, verifying the person is 18 or older.\n\nWhat Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) actually says:\n\n“The commercial entity must offer anonymous age verification and standard age verification, and a person attempting to access the material may select which method will be used to verify his or her age.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.1737.html", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)", "evidence_quote": "The commercial entity must offer anonymous age verification and standard age verification, and a person attempting to access the material may select which method will be used to verify his or her age.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Verification method mandated and on whom", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "applies_to_scope": "Fla. Stat. 501.1737(2)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_penalty_dla", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Civil penalty and who may prosecute", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Florida Department of Legal Affairs may bring an action against a covered commercial entity for an unfair or deceptive trade practice on behalf of a resident minor, collecting a civil penalty of up to $50,000 per violation plus attorney fees and costs, with punitive damages for a consistent pattern of conduct.", "body": "The Florida Department of Legal Affairs may bring an action against a covered commercial entity for an unfair or deceptive trade practice on behalf of a resident minor, collecting a civil penalty of up to $50,000 per violation plus attorney fees and costs, with punitive damages for a consistent pattern of conduct.\n\nWhat Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) actually says:\n\n“Any violation of subsection (2) or subsection (3) is deemed an unfair and deceptive trade practice actionable under part II of this chapter solely by the department on behalf of a resident minor against a commercial entity. ... the department may collect a civil penalty of up to $50,000 per violation and reasonable attorney fees and court costs.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.1737.html", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)", "evidence_quote": "Any violation of subsection (2) or subsection (3) is deemed an unfair and deceptive trade practice actionable under part II of this chapter solely by the department on behalf of a resident minor against a commercial entity. ... the department may collect a civil penalty of up to $50,000 per violation and reasonable attorney fees and court costs.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Civil penalty and who may prosecute", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "applies_to_scope": "Fla. Stat. 501.1737(5)(a)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_private_right_claim", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Private right of action for a minor", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Under Florida's statute a commercial entity that violates the verification duty by failing to prohibit access, or future access, after a report of unauthorized or unlawful access is liable to the minor for up to $10,000 in damages, with a one-year limitations period, and the action may only be brought on behalf of or by a resident minor.", "body": "Under Florida's statute a commercial entity that violates the verification duty by failing to prohibit access, or future access, after a report of unauthorized or unlawful access is liable to the minor for up to $10,000 in damages, with a one-year limitations period, and the action may only be brought on behalf of or by a resident minor.\n\nWhat Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) actually says:\n\n“A commercial entity that violates subsection (2) for failing to prohibit access or prohibit a minor from future access to material harmful to minors after a report of unauthorized or unlawful access is liable to the minor for such access... Claimants may be awarded up to $10,000 in damages. A civil action for a claim under this paragraph must be brought within 1 year from the date the complainant knew, or reasonably should have known, of the alleged violation.”\n\nNote: Any action under subsection (5) may only be brought on behalf of or by a resident minor.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.1737.html", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)", "evidence_quote": "A commercial entity that violates subsection (2) for failing to prohibit access or prohibit a minor from future access to material harmful to minors after a report of unauthorized or unlawful access is liable to the minor for such access... Claimants may be awarded up to $10,000 in damages. A civil action for a claim under this paragraph must be brought within 1 year from the date the complainant knew, or reasonably should have known, of the alleged violation.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Private right of action for a minor", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "applies_to_scope": "Fla. Stat. 501.1737(5)(c), (5)(d)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_hb3_effective_date", "category": "Safety", "title": "Florida HB 3: Effective date", "summary": "Florida's age-verification provisions in HB 3, codified in sections 501.1737 and 501.1738, took effect January 1, 2025.", "body": "Florida's age-verification provisions in HB 3, codified in sections 501.1737 and 501.1738, took effect January 1, 2025.\n\nWhat Florida Office of the Attorney General actually says:\n\n“Last year, Florida enacted HB 3, requiring commercial entities that distribute sexually explicit material online that is harmful to minors to verify that individuals attempting to access the material are at least 18 years of age. Despite knowing that the websites must comply with age-verification laws, several companies have openly defied HB 3 since it took effect January 1, 2025.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-james-uthmeier-files-complaints-against-pornography-websites-violating", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Office of the Attorney General", "evidence_quote": "Last year, Florida enacted HB 3, requiring commercial entities that distribute sexually explicit material online that is harmful to minors to verify that individuals attempting to access the material are at least 18 years of age. Despite knowing that the websites must comply with age-verification laws, several companies have openly defied HB 3 since it took effect January 1, 2025.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3", "topic": "Effective date", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_fl_5011737_enforcement_complaints", "category": "Safety", "title": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737: Published enforcement actions", "summary": "On September 15, 2025, the Florida Attorney General announced filing complaints against Gethins Limited, Toccata, Inc., Segpay Gateway LLC, Segregated Payments Inc. (D/B/A Segpay), and Aylo Holdings USA Corp. affiliates, alleging failure to implement age verification before granting access to pornographic content.", "body": "On September 15, 2025, the Florida Attorney General announced filing complaints against Gethins Limited, Toccata, Inc., Segpay Gateway LLC, Segregated Payments Inc. (D/B/A Segpay), and Aylo Holdings USA Corp. affiliates, alleging failure to implement age verification before granting access to pornographic content.\n\nWhat Florida Office of the Attorney General actually says:\n\n“The Office of the Attorney General filed a complaint against Gethins Limited, Toccata, Inc., Segpay Gateway LLC, Segregated Payments, Inc., and D/B/A Segpay. A second complaint was filed against Aylo Holdings USA Corp., Aylo Billings US Corp., Aylo Group Ltd, and Nutaku Entertainment Ltd. Both complaints allege that the defendants failed to implement the safeguards required to verify users' ages before granting access to pornographic material.”\n\nNote: This enforcement names corporate/limited-liability entities, not individual creators.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-james-uthmeier-files-complaints-against-pornography-websites-violating", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Florida Office of the Attorney General", "evidence_quote": "The Office of the Attorney General filed a complaint against Gethins Limited, Toccata, Inc., Segpay Gateway LLC, Segregated Payments, Inc., and D/B/A Segpay. A second complaint was filed against Aylo Holdings USA Corp., Aylo Billings US Corp., Aylo Group Ltd, and Nutaku Entertainment Ltd. Both complaints allege that the defendants failed to implement the safeguards required to verify users' ages before granting access to pornographic material.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Florida HB 3 / Fla. Stat. 501.1737", "topic": "Published enforcement actions", "applies_to_country": "US-FL", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-fl" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_id_6_3802_commercial_entity_definition", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3802: Definition of covered commercial entity", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho defines 'commercial entity' as a corporation, LLC, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or another legally recognized business entity, which does not expressly include a natural individual.", "body": "Idaho defines 'commercial entity' as a corporation, LLC, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or another legally recognized business entity, which does not expressly include a natural individual.\n\nWhat Justia (Idaho Code) actually says:\n\n“(1) \"Commercial entity\" means a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a limited partnership, a sole proprietorship, or another legally recognized business entity.”\n\nNote: Definition uses 'legally recognized business entity,' not person; the Idaho bill history confirms this wording.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://law.justia.com/codes/idaho/title-6/chapter-38/section-6-3802/", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Justia (Idaho Code)", "evidence_quote": "(1) \"Commercial entity\" means a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a limited partnership, a sole proprietorship, or another legally recognized business entity.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3802", "topic": "Definition of covered commercial entity", "applies_to_country": "US-ID", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho Code 6-3802(1)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_id_6_3803_individual_creator_not_covered", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3803: Whether an individual selling their own content is a covered entity", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho's liability provision applies to a 'commercial entity', and because a natural individual is not listed in the statutory definition of commercial entity, a lone individual selling their own content from their own page is not expressly covered by the statute.", "body": "Idaho's liability provision applies to a 'commercial entity', and because a natural individual is not listed in the statutory definition of commercial entity, a lone individual selling their own content from their own page is not expressly covered by the statute.\n\nWhat Justia (Idaho Code) actually says:\n\n“(1) Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes material that is harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material...”\n\nNote: The statute reaches only a 'commercial entity'; there is no clause expressly including an individual natural-person creator.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://law.justia.com/codes/idaho/title-6/chapter-38/section-6-3803/", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Justia (Idaho Code)", "evidence_quote": "(1) Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes material that is harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material...", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3803", "topic": "Whether an individual selling their own content is a covered entity", "applies_to_country": "US-ID", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho Code 6-3803(1), 6-3802(1)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_id_6_3802_substantial_portion_percent", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3802: Material-harmful-to-minors percentage threshold", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho applies the chapter only where material harmful to minors is more than one-third of the total material on a website.", "body": "Idaho applies the chapter only where material harmful to minors is more than one-third of the total material on a website.\n\nWhat Justia (Idaho Code) actually says:\n\n“(11) \"Substantial portion\" means more than one-third (1/3) of total material on a website.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://law.justia.com/codes/idaho/title-6/chapter-38/section-6-3802/", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Justia (Idaho Code)", "evidence_quote": "(11) \"Substantial portion\" means more than one-third (1/3) of total material on a website.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3802", "topic": "Material-harmful-to-minors percentage threshold", "applies_to_country": "US-ID", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho Code 6-3802(11)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_id_6_3802_verification_method", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3802: Verification method mandated and on whom", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho's 'reasonable age verification methods' are a digitized identification card, or a commercial age verification system that verifies age via government-issued identification or public or private transactional data, verifying the person is 18 or older.", "body": "Idaho's 'reasonable age verification methods' are a digitized identification card, or a commercial age verification system that verifies age via government-issued identification or public or private transactional data, verifying the person is 18 or older.\n\nWhat Justia (Idaho Code) actually says:\n\n“(10) \"Reasonable age verification methods\" include verifying that the person seeking to access the material is eighteen (18) years of age or older by: (a) Providing a digitized identification card ... or (b) Requiring that the person attempting to access the material complies with a commercial age verification system that verifies age in one (1) or more of the following ways: (i) Government-issued identification; or (ii) Public or private transactional data.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://law.justia.com/codes/idaho/title-6/chapter-38/section-6-3802/", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Justia (Idaho Code)", "evidence_quote": "(10) \"Reasonable age verification methods\" include verifying that the person seeking to access the material is eighteen (18) years of age or older by: (a) Providing a digitized identification card ... or (b) Requiring that the person attempting to access the material complies with a commercial age verification system that verifies age in one (1) or more of the following ways: (i) Government-issued identification; or (ii) Public or private transactional data.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3802", "topic": "Verification method mandated and on whom", "applies_to_country": "US-ID", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho Code 6-3802(10)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_id_6_3804_private_right", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3804: Private right of action", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho gives any exposed person, including a parent or guardian, standing to sue a liable entity, with the court required to award injunctive relief, nominal and compensatory damages, statutory damages of no less than $10,000, and costs and attorney's fees, and the action must be brought within four years.", "body": "Idaho gives any exposed person, including a parent or guardian, standing to sue a liable entity, with the court required to award injunctive relief, nominal and compensatory damages, statutory damages of no less than $10,000, and costs and attorney's fees, and the action must be brought within four years.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(1) Any person exposed to material harmful to minors in violation of section 6-3803, Idaho Code, including the parent or guardian of a child exposed to material harmful to minors, has standing to bring a civil action against any person or entity that is liable under section 6-3803... (c) Statutory damages in an amount no less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and (d) Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.”\n\nNote: Idaho 6-3804(3) provides the 4-year limitation: 'a person may bring an action under this section no later than four (4) years after the date the cause of action accrued.'", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title6/T6CH38/SECT6-3804/", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(1) Any person exposed to material harmful to minors in violation of section 6-3803, Idaho Code, including the parent or guardian of a child exposed to material harmful to minors, has standing to bring a civil action against any person or entity that is liable under section 6-3803... (c) Statutory damages in an amount no less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and (d) Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3804", "topic": "Private right of action", "applies_to_country": "US-ID", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho Code 6-3804(1),(2),(3)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_id_6_3807_exclusive_private", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3807: Who may prosecute or enforce", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho mandates that the chapter be enforced exclusively through private civil actions and bars the state, political subdivisions, and district or county attorneys from any direct or indirect enforcement.", "body": "Idaho mandates that the chapter be enforced exclusively through private civil actions and bars the state, political subdivisions, and district or county attorneys from any direct or indirect enforcement.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the requirements of this chapter shall be enforced exclusively through the private civil actions described in section 6-3804, Idaho Code. (2) No direct or indirect enforcement of this chapter may be taken or threatened by the state, a political subdivision, a district or county attorney, or any officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision against any person or entity by any means.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title6/T6CH38/SECT6-3807/", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the requirements of this chapter shall be enforced exclusively through the private civil actions described in section 6-3804, Idaho Code. (2) No direct or indirect enforcement of this chapter may be taken or threatened by the state, a political subdivision, a district or county attorney, or any officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision against any person or entity by any means.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Idaho HB 498 / Idaho Code 6-3807", "topic": "Who may prosecute or enforce", "applies_to_country": "US-ID", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho Code 6-3807(1)-(2)", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r158_fl_id_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_id_hb498_effective_date", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho HB 498: Effective date", "summary": "Idaho House Bill 498 was signed by the Governor on March 20, 2024, as Session Law Chapter 113, and is effective July 1, 2024.", "body": "Idaho House Bill 498 was signed by the Governor on March 20, 2024, as Session Law Chapter 113, and is effective July 1, 2024.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“03/21 Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2024 Session Law Chapter 113 Effective: 07/01/2024”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498/", "last_verified": "2026-09-07", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "03/21 Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2024 Session Law Chapter 113 Effective: 07/01/2024", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "158-fl-id-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator", "subject": "Idaho HB 498", "topic": "Effective date", "applies_to_country": "US-ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }