New Hampshire HB 293: relative to employee credit privacy.

Bill Text

HB 293-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

 25-0598

 11/09

HOUSE BILL 293-FN

AN ACT preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access.

SPONSORS: Rep. Drye, Sull. 7; Rep. Mazur, Hills. 44; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Thibault, Merr. 25; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. M. Aron, Sull. 8; Rep. Bjelobrk, Graf. 5

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires manufacturers of electronic tablets and smartphones to install filters on those devices that prevent minors from accessing obscene material and creates civil liability against a manufacturer that does not install filters in devices. The bill also creates civil and criminal liability against a manufacturer or person who disables a filter with the intent to allow a minor to access obscene material.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 25-0598

 11/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Subparagraph; Electronic Devices; Legal Compliance. Amend RSA 507-H:4, I by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:

 (f) Assume that the manufacturer of a device installed a filter on the device. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the terms "device", "filter", and "manufacturer", are as defined in RSA 507-I:1.

 2 New Chapter; Prohibiting Access by Minors to Obscene Material on Electronic Devices. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 507-H the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 507-I

PROHIBITING ACCESS BY MINORS TO OBSCENE MATERIAL ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES

 507-I:1 Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:

 I. “Activate” means the process of powering on a device and associating it with a user account.

 II. “Device” means a tablet or a smartphone manufactured on or after the effective date of this chapter.

 III. “Filter” means software used on a device that is capable of preventing the device from accessing or displaying obscene material, as defined in paragraph VIII, through Internet browsers or search engines owned or controlled by the manufacturer, in accordance with prevailing industry standards including blocking known websites linked to obscene content via mobile data networks, wired Internet networks, and wireless Internet networks.

 IV. “Internet” means the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the internet protocol (IP), or its subsequent extensions, and that is able to support communications using the transmission control protocol/internet protocol(TCP/IP) suite, or its subsequent extensions, or other IP-compatible protocols, and that provides, uses, or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high-level services layered on communications and related infrastructure.

 V. “Manufacturer” means a person under paragraph XI that:

 (a) Is engaged in the business of manufacturing a device;

 (b) Holds the patents for the device it manufactures; or

 (c) Holds the patents for the operating system on a device; and

 (d) Has a commercial designated registered agent as required by RSA 293-A:5.01.

 VI. "Material" means any printed matter, visual representation, live performance, or sound recording including, but not limited to, books, magazines, motion picture films, pamphlets, phonographic records, pictures, photographs, figures, statues, plays, dances, or other representation or embodiment of the obscene. Undeveloped photographs, molds, printing plates, and the like, shall be deemed obscene material notwithstanding that processing or other acts may be required to make the obscenity patent or to disseminate it.

 VII. “Minor” means an individual under the age of 18, who is not emancipated, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States.

 VIII. “Obscene material" means material as defined in paragraph VI of this section that considered as a whole:

 (a) Appeals predominantly to the prurient interest in sex, that is, an interest in lewdness or lascivious thoughts, when applying contemporary standards;

 (b) Depicts or describes sexual conduct in a manner so explicit as to be patently offensive; and

 (c) Lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

 IX. “Operating system” means software that manag