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Delaware
HB 265 (2024), age verification for material harmful to minors
House Bill No. 265, 152nd General Assembly (not enacted)
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 2 September 2026.
What this law does
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Would have required a commercial entity that knowingly publishes material harmful to minors online to verify a visitor's age using a government issued ID or comparable method, with civil penalties and liability for a minor's access. Cleared the Delaware House in June 2024 but died in the Senate Executive Committee (last action June 18, 2024) when the 152nd General Assembly adjourned.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Penalties
Proposed civil penalty of $250 per violation, plus damages, attorney fees and costs.
Penalty structure
As proposed, this civil penalty is recoverable by the Delaware Attorney General or by a private person, parent, or guardian of a minor whose age was not verified (subsection (f)); separate from the uncapped civil liability for damages also created by subsection (c).
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 250
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Delaware Attorney General, or any person, parent, or guardian of a person whose age was not verified, as proposed by House Bill No. 265 Sec. 1207C(f); the bill was never enacted.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Obligation class
Age verification
Verification methods
Gov ID
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
official Delaware General Assembly bill history
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