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Bill Age verification for material harmful to minors. Requires an adult oriented website operator that displays material harmful to minors to use a reasonable age verification method to prevent a minor from accessing an adult oriented website. Creates a cause of action to permit: (1) the parent or guardian of a child harmed by a violation of the age verification requirement to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees; and (2) any other person to bring an action to obtain injunctive relief and reasonable attorney's fees. Prohibits a person that conducts age verification from retaining the identifying information of an individual seeking to access an adult oriented website that displays material harmful to minors, and permits an individual whose identifying information is retained to bring an action to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees. Requires adult oriented website operators to use commercially reasonable methods to secure all information collected and transmitted. Provides that the attorney general may bring an action to obtain an injunction, a civil penalty of not more than $250,000, or the attorney general's reasonable costs in investigating and maintaining the action. Provides that when the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in a violation, the attorney general is empowered to issue civil investigative demands under IC 4-6-3-3 to investigate the suspected violation. Requires verification information of minors to be kept confidential with certain exceptions. Adds verification information to the definition of "personal information". Adds a violation of IC 24-4-23 as a deceptive act. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2024 SB 17 Indiana SB 17 (2024)
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ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally
CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities
Damages
and Penalties
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses
OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY
STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General
enacted
Joanna King
Liz Brown
Mike Bohacek
Spencer Deery
4 39 3 2024-01-08 2024-03-13 openstates ocd-bill/6e6f0313-af19-4bbb-810e-bb08ebe24a16 https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0017 16cac07118f99a01ced6ee97c297b81b207da42628eabd21a89b3fbf41aec38a 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana SB 17 (2024) — Age verification for material harmful to minors.

Requires an adult oriented website operator that displays material harmful to minors to use a reasonable age verification method to prevent a minor from accessing an adult oriented website. Creates a cause of action to permit: (1) the parent or guardian of a child harmed by a violation of the age verification requirement to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees; and (2) any other person to bring an action to obtain injunctive relief and reasonable attorney's fees. Prohibits a person that conducts age verification from retaining the identifying information of an individual seeking to access an adult oriented website that displays material harmful to minors, and permits an individual whose identifying information is retained to bring an action to obtain monetary damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees. Requires adult oriented website operators to use commercially reasonable methods to secure all information collected and transmitted. Provides that the attorney general may bring an action to obtain an injunction, a civil penalty of not more than $250,000, or the attorney general's reasonable costs in investigating and maintaining the action. Provides that when the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in a violation, the attorney general is empowered to issue civil investigative demands under IC 4-6-3-3 to investigate the suspected violation. Requires verification information of minors to be kept confidential with certain exceptions. Adds verification information to the definition of "personal information". Adds a violation of IC 24-4-23 as a deceptive act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 17 - King - 3rd Reading — 922 (pass) · lower
  • SB 17 - Bohacek — 462 (pass) · upper
  • SB 17 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — 441 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Joanna King — primary (person)
  • Liz Brown — primary (person)
  • Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
  • Spencer Deery — primary (person)
  • Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
  • Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
  • David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
  • Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
  • Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
  • Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
  • Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
  • James Buck — coauthor (person)
  • James Tomes — coauthor (person)
  • Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
  • Jim Pressel — cosponsor (person)
  • John Crane — coauthor (person)
  • Lori Goss-Reaves — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
  • Michael Young — coauthor (person)
  • Mike Speedy — cosponsor (person)
  • Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
  • Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2024-01-08 Authored by Senators Bohacek, Deery, Brown L
  • 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2024-01-09 Senator Johnson T added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-10 Senators Alting, Doriot, Tomes added as coauthors
  • 2024-01-11 Senator Buck added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2024-01-16 Senator Koch added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2024-01-16 Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2024-01-18 Senator Crider added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-18 Senator Bassler added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-18 Senators Zay and Byrne added as coauthors
  • 2024-01-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 9: yeas 44, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2024-01-18 House sponsor: Representative King
  • 2024-01-18 Cosponsors: Representatives Speedy, Pressel, Goss-Reaves
  • 2024-01-18 Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-18 Senator Young M added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-18 Senators Crane and Raatz added as coauthors
  • 2024-01-22 Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
  • 2024-01-23 Referred to the House referral
  • 2024-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 92, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2024-03-01 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2024-02-29 Dissent rescinded
  • 2024-02-29 Senate advisors appointed: Randolph Lonnie M and Deery
  • 2024-02-29 Senate conferees appointed: Bohacek and Pol
  • 2024-02-29 Senate dissented from House amendments
  • 2024-02-29 Motion to dissent filed filing
  • 2024-02-29 House conferees appointed: King and Dvorak
  • 2024-02-29 House advisors appointed: Speedy, Jeter and Bauer M
  • 2024-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 265: yeas 46, nays 2
  • 2024-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2024-03-13 Public Law 98 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e6f0313-af19-4bbb-810e-bb08ebe24a16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).