Illinois · House Bill 4247 · 103rd General Assembly

ONLINE AGE VERIFICATION-MINORS

HB 4247 Sponsored by Jed Davis Died in committee

  1. Introduced Nov 29, 2023
  2. In committee Jan 16, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Creates the Online Age Verification for Material Harmful to Minors Act. Requires any commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material to verify that any person attempting to access such material is 18 years of age or older. Provides that verification must be done through the use of…

Read the full title (151 words)

Creates the Online Age Verification for Material Harmful to Minors Act. Requires any commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material to verify that any person attempting to access such material is 18 years of age or older. Provides that verification must be done through the use of (i) a commercially available database that is regularly used by businesses or governmental entities for the purpose of age and identity verification or (ii) another commercially reasonable method of age and identity verification. Provides that any commercial entity that violates the Act shall be subject to civil liability for damages resulting from a minor's access to such material harmful to a minor and reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Exempts from liability providers or users of an interactive computer service on the Internet, as defined.

Every action

14 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 6 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jed Davis
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee · House Judiciary - Civil
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
  1. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
  3. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
  6. CommitteeTo Constitutional Law Subcommittee · House Constitutional Law
  7. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  8. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 7 cosponsors: 7 Republicans.

All 7 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.