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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to age verification requirements for digital service |
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providers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 509.051, Business & |
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Commerce Code, as added by Chapter 795 (H.B. 18), Acts of the 88th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 509.051. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTY TO REGISTER AND |
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VERIFY AGE OF USER. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 509.051(a) and (b), Business & Commerce |
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Code, as added by Chapter 795 (H.B. 18), Acts of the 88th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A digital service provider may not enter into an |
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agreement with a person to create an account with a digital service |
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unless: |
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(1) the person has registered the person's age with the |
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digital service provider; and |
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(2) if the person is 18 years of age or older, the |
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digital service provider has verified the person's age using a |
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commercially reasonable age verification method. |
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(b) A person who registers the person's age as younger than |
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18 years of age is considered to be a known minor to the digital |
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service provider until: |
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(1) on or after the person's 18th birthday; and |
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(2) the digital service provider verifies the person's |
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age using a commercially reasonable age verification method. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An agreement entered into before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |