Utah House Bill 353
Utah H.B. 353 would allow video game retailers to be sued if they advertise that they will adhere to the private ESRB rating system but fail to do so.
Category: 2009
Washington House Bill 2103
Washington H.B. 2103 would impose a sales tax on “adult entertainment material” and define “adult” material as any material that is primarily interested in sex, using sex acts that would merit an “X” rating from the Motion Picture Association of America as a benchmark.
Tennessee Senate Bill 1236
Tennessee S.B. 1236 would enact a 25% sales tax on advertising in certain periodicals for sexually-oriented material and adult materials that are restricted for anyone less than 18.
Mississippi House Bill 57
Mississippi H.B. 57 would criminalize the sale of sexual content beyond the Miller/Ginsberg test to minors, and would make the crime a “sexual offense” on the part of the retailer. The crime would require registration as a sex offender and a 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence.
New Jersey Assembly Bill 3757
New Jersey A.B. 3757 would bar the transmission of “sexually-offensive communication” via a “social networking site” to or about a person who is reasonably believed to be either under 13 or between 13-16 but four years younger than the speaker. The bill would also require social networking sites to revoke access to speakers who make sexually offensive statements and/or set up an elaborate process to block access to specific users.
