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SB648 Requiring age verification by commercial entities to allow access to pornographic material.

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Requiring age verification by commercial entities to allow access to pornographic material.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact on residents.

6
🏘️

Your Community

Protects minors from accessing harmful content, though effectiveness depends on implementation.

3
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Your Freedom

Requires adults to submit identity verification to access legal content, raising significant privacy concerns.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/14/2026 House Journal 13

Sponsor

Tara Reardon (D)

The Short Version

Requires commercial websites to verify users' age before allowing access to pornographic material. Aims to protect minors from accessing explicit content online.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • Parents of minors
  • Children protected from explicit content

Who Pays the Price

  • Adult users facing privacy risks from identity verification
  • Commercial website operators
  • Privacy advocates

Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

This bill was auto-scored using AI analysis of the bill text and legislative data. Scores may be refined as we review more bills.