Age Verification Bill Tracker

Since we launched our Protect Children Not Porn campaign, these states have introduced legislation requiring porn sites to verify the age of its users and/or require manufacturers of internet-enabled devices to include and automatically enable filters.

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History is Being Made, But We Need Your Voice!

Since 2021, Exodus Cry has been calling for laws to protect children from porn exposure by requiring porn sites to use ID-based age verification, ensuring its visitors are 18+. These laws would protect millions of children from the life-altering effects of underage exposure to porn.

Over 100 anti-trafficking, women’s rights and child protection organizations have since signed on in support. On January 1, 2023, Louisiana became the first state to pass an age verification law and, in just a few short months, many states have joined this critical movement.

What’s happening right now is monumental and history-shaping, but we need to keep up this momentum! Add your voice by signing our petition calling for required age verification on sites that host porn. We’ll be sending this petition to every state legislature who has yet to pass age verification laws.

Age Verification Milestones


  • June 29, 2021

    Exodus Cry launches Protect Children Not Porn Campaign and petition 

  • August 13, 2021

    New York Post Publishes our op-ed on ending childhood exposure to porn 

  • September 7, 2021

    Exodus Cry releases animated video “Millions of Children are Watching Porn” 

  • September 30, 2021

    Exodus Cry releases Raised on Porn documentary 

  • October 27, 2021

    Over 100 anti-trafficking, women’s rights and child protection organizations sign on to support the #ProtectChildrenNotPorn campaign 

  • November 11, 2021

    Raised on Porn reaches 500k views on YouTube 

  • December 20, 2021

    Billie Eilish speaks out about being harmed by exposure to porn at age 11 

  • January 12, 2022

    Raised on Porn reaches 1 million views on YouTube

  • June 13, 2022

    Exodus Cry hosts national symposium “Toxic Online Criminality” on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. for congressional staff, screens Raised on Porn

  • December 14, 2022

    Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduces the Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act which would require all porn sites to enact proper age verification. 

  • January 1, 2023

    Louisiana becomes first US state to enact required age verification on porn sites

  • January 26, 2023

    Rep. Gregory Steube, W. (R-FL-17) introduces the Curbing Abuse and Saving Expression In Technology (CASE–IT) Act which creates an exception to Section 230 immunity for information "harmful to minors" unless they "implement a system designed to effectively screen users who are minors from accessing such content.

  • March 14, 2023

    Utah passes age verification legislation for all sites hosting pornographic content

  • April 11, 2023

    Arkansas passes age verification legislation for all sites hosting pornographic content

  • April 13, 2023

    Release of Raised on Porn the book 

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  • April 18, 2023

    Mississippi passes age verification legislation for all sites hosting pornographic content

  • May 1, 2023

    Pornhub blocks access to its site in Utah after they passed age verification legislation

  • May 12, 2023

    Virginia passes age verification legislation for all sites hosting pornographic content

  • May 18, 2023

    Montana passes age verification legislation for all sites hosting pornographic content

  • June 12, 2023

    Texas enacts age verification legislation for all sites hosting pornographic content

  • June 20, 2023

    Pornhub and the Free Speech Coalition sue the state of Louisiana over age verification laws.

  • June 30, 2023

    Pornhub blocks access to its site in Virginia after they passed age verification legislation

  • July 2, 2023

    Pornhub blocks access to its site in Mississippi after they passed age verification legislation

  • July 28, 2023

    Pornhub blocks access to its site in Arkansas after they passed age verification legislation

  • August 4, 2023

    Pornhub/Mindgeek (Aylo) sue the state of Texas over age verification laws

  • October 2, 2023

    North Carolina passes age verification legislation for all sites hosting pornographic content

  • November 28, 2023

    US Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) reintroduces the Shielding Children’s Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act, which requires adult websites to implement age verification.

  • December 27, 2023

    Pornhub blocks access to its site in North Carolina after they passed age verification legislation

  • December 30, 2023

    Pornhub blocks access to its site in Montana two days before their age verification bill takes effect

  • February 15, 2024

    Kids Online Safety Act was introduced by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) with 62 co-sponsors.

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