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Committee adopts ID‑based age‑verification amendment, sends bill forward 5‑0

2323619 · February 17, 2025
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Summary

Lawmakers replaced device‑ and app‑based age‑verification methods with an ID‑based approach in Senate Bill 23‑80; the committee unanimously approved the amendment and then recommended the bill with the amendment.

The Senate Industry and Business Committee adopted an ID‑based age‑verification amendment to Senate Bill 23‑80 and voted 5‑0 to recommend the bill as amended.

A committee sponsor explained the amendment replaces device‑based and app‑based verification methods with an identification‑document method that the sponsor described as the most effective available option today. The sponsor said industry had signaled support for the revised approach and that the committee intends to add educational components later if the bill proceeds to the House.

Senator Angus moved the do‑pass recommendation on SB 23‑80 as amended; Senator Kessel seconded. The clerk recorded a unanimous 5‑0 vote to approve the amendment and a subsequent unanimous 5‑0 recommendation to pass the bill as amended. Senator Boehm agreed to carry the bill to the next stage.

The transcript indicates the committee was seeking a workable statutory standard for age verification that industry can implement; committee members acknowledged the different verification technologies are under legal challenge in other states and that lawmakers expect litigation risks regardless of the method ultimately chosen.