HB441 Alabama 2023 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2023

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Ben Robbins Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2023
Title: Relating to consumer protection; to provide legislative findings; to provide definitions; to provide prohibitions on the online distribution of material harmful to minors; to require a license for the distribution of material harmful to minors; and to provide civil and criminal penalties for violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Description: This bill would provide legislative findings regarding the public health crisis caused by pornography.
This bill would prohibit the distribution of material harmful to minors under 18 years of age.
This bill would require distributors of material harmful to minors to take certain reasonable measures to ensure their published material is not distributed to minor children by use of age-verification procedures.
This bill would require distributors of material harmful to minors to pay a licensing fee to distribute pornography in this state and would provide for the distribution of the fee.
This bill would also provide penalties for violations.
Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or HB441 INTRODUCED provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.