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Timeline of porn age-verification laws

Louisiana's law, which took effect January 1, 2023, was the first US age-verification law for adult sites. As of October 26, 2026, 27 states have one in effect and Pornhub blocks 25 of them. Every dated event is below, with its source.

Updated by the Editorial Team

This timeline is built from the dated events on every state and country page, so it updates when they do. Jump to a year: 2003 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026.

2003

  1. In effect Germany. Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (JMStV) takes effect, restricting online pornography to closed user groups of verified adults. Source

2022

  1. Signed Louisiana. HB 142 is signed into law as Act 440 of 2022. Source
  2. In effect Spain. Ley 13/2022 takes effect, including an age-verification duty for video-sharing platforms established in Spain (art. 89.1(e)). Source
  3. Signed European Union. Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) adopted. Source

2023

  1. In effect Louisiana. Act 440 takes effect: adult websites can be sued for failing to verify users' ages. Source
  2. Signed Utah. The governor signs SB 287, Online Pornography Viewing Age Requirements (Laws 2023, ch. 262). Source
  3. Signed Arkansas. SB 66 is approved and becomes Act 612 of 2023. Source
  4. Signed Mississippi. The governor approves SB 2346. Source
  5. Pornhub Utah. Pornhub blocks visitors in Utah. Source
  6. In effect Utah. SB 287 takes effect. Source
  7. Signed Virginia. Gov. Glenn Youngkin approves SB 1515 (2023 Acts ch. 811) after the Senate rejected his proposed substitute on April 12. Source
  8. Signed Montana. SB 544 signed into law. Source
  9. Signed Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott signs HB 1181. Source
  10. Lawsuit Louisiana. The Free Speech Coalition and others sue Louisiana officials in federal court to block the law. Source
  11. Pornhub Virginia. Pornhub blocks visitors in Virginia. Source
  12. In effect Mississippi. SB 2346 takes effect. Source
  13. Pornhub Mississippi. Pornhub blocks visitors in Mississippi as the law takes effect (block reported in place on July 3). Source
  14. In effect Virginia. SB 1515 (Va. Code § 8.01-40.5) takes effect. Source
  15. Pornhub Arkansas. Pornhub blocks visitors in Arkansas, days before the law takes effect. Source
  16. In effect Arkansas. Act 612 takes effect on the general effective date for 2023 acts without an emergency clause. Source
  17. Amended Louisiana. Act 216 of 2023 (HB 77, signed June 8, 2023) takes effect, letting the Attorney General seek civil penalties against sites that do not verify ages (La. R.S. 51:2121). Source
  18. Ruling Texas. A federal district court preliminarily enjoins HB 1181 in Free Speech Coalition v. Colmenero. Source
  19. In effect Texas. HB 1181's effective date; the district court injunction issued the day before kept it from being enforced until the Fifth Circuit stayed that injunction. Source
  20. Signed North Carolina. Gov. Roy Cooper signs HB 8 (S.L. 2023-132), which includes the PAVE Act. Source
  21. Ruling Louisiana. A federal judge dismisses the Free Speech Coalition's challenge because the officials sued had no duty to enforce the law. Source
  22. Signed United Kingdom. Online Safety Act 2023 receives Royal Assent. Source
  23. Signed Italy. Law 159/2023 converts the 'Caivano decree' and adds art. 13-bis, requiring porn sites and video-sharing platforms to verify users' ages. Source

2024

  1. In effect Montana. SB 544 takes effect. Source
  2. Pornhub Montana. Pornhub blocks visitors in Montana. Source
  3. In effect North Carolina. The PAVE Act (G.S. 66-500 and 66-501) takes effect. Source
  4. Pornhub North Carolina. Pornhub blocks visitors in North Carolina. Source
  5. In effect European Union. Digital Services Act applies to all online platforms. Source
  6. Lawsuit Texas. The Texas Attorney General sues Aylo in state court for failing to verify ages, seeking about $1.6 million plus $10,000 per day. Source
  7. Ruling Texas. The Fifth Circuit vacates the injunction against the age-verification requirement and upholds the injunction against the compelled health warnings. Source
  8. Signed Indiana. Gov. Eric Holcomb signs SB 17 (Public Law 98-2024). Source
  9. Pornhub Texas. Pornhub blocks visitors in Texas. Source
  10. Signed Idaho. The governor signs H 498 (2024 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 113). Source
  11. Signed Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis signs HB 3 (ch. 2024-42, Laws of Fla.). Source
  12. Signed Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear signs HB 278 (2024 Ky. Acts ch. 106). Source
  13. Signed Kansas. Gov. Laura Kelly says she will let SB 394 become law without her signature. Source
  14. Signed Nebraska. Gov. Jim Pillen signs LB 1092, the Online Age Verification Liability Act. Source
  15. Signed Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey approves HB 164, which becomes Act 2024-97. Source
  16. Signed Georgia. Gov. Brian Kemp signs SB 351 (Act 463), including the age-verification section O.C.G.A. § 39-5-5. Source
  17. Signed Oklahoma. The governor approves SB 1959. Source
  18. Signed France. SREN law (Loi n° 2024-449) promulgated, giving Arcom power to set age-verification standards and order blocking. Source
  19. Signed South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster approves H.3424 (Act 198 of 2024). Source
  20. Signed Tennessee. The governor signs SB 1792; it becomes Public Chapter 1021. Source
  21. Lawsuit Indiana. The Free Speech Coalition, Aylo and other site operators sue Attorney General Todd Rokita in federal court to block SB 17. Source
  22. Pornhub Indiana. Pornhub blocks visitors in Indiana ahead of the law's start date. Source
  23. Pornhub Kansas. Pornhub blocks Kansas, a spokesperson confirms, ahead of the law taking effect on July 1. Source
  24. Ruling Indiana. Judge Richard L. Young preliminarily enjoins enforcement of SB 17 on First Amendment grounds. Source
  25. In effect Idaho. H 498 takes effect. Source
  26. In effect Indiana. SB 17's effective date; enforcement is on hold under the June 28 preliminary injunction. Source
  27. In effect Kansas. SB 394 takes effect on its publication in the statute book. Source
  28. Pornhub Kentucky. Pornhub blocks visitors in Kentucky. Source
  29. In effect Kentucky. KRS 436.001 to 436.009 take effect. Source
  30. Pornhub Nebraska. Pornhub blocks visitors in Nebraska. Source
  31. In effect Nebraska. LB 1092 takes effect. Source
  32. Ruling Indiana. The 7th Circuit stays the preliminary injunction pending FSC v. Paxton, so the law can be enforced. Source
  33. Pornhub Alabama. Pornhub blocks visitors in Alabama ahead of the law's start date. Source
  34. In effect Alabama. HB 164's age-verification, data, health-warning and consent provisions take effect. Source
  35. Ruling Utah. 10th Circuit affirms dismissal of Free Speech Coalition v. Anderson (no proper state defendant for a privately enforced law; constitutionality not reached). Source
  36. Signed Ireland. Coimisiún na Meán adopts the final Online Safety Code. Source
  37. In effect Oklahoma. SB 1959 takes effect. Source
  38. Pornhub Oklahoma. Pornhub blocks Oklahoma as SB 1959 takes effect, a spokesperson confirms. Source
  39. Lawsuit Tennessee. The Free Speech Coalition and others sue the Attorney General in federal court to block the act. Source
  40. Ruling Tennessee. The district court preliminarily enjoins Attorney General enforcement of the act. Source

2025

  1. In effect Florida. HB 3 takes effect. Source
  2. Pornhub Florida. Pornhub blocks visitors in Florida. Source
  3. In effect South Carolina. The age-verification requirement of S.C. Code § 37-1-310 becomes operative. Source
  4. Pornhub South Carolina. Pornhub blocks visitors in South Carolina. Source
  5. In effect Tennessee. The Protect Tennessee Minors Act takes effect. Source
  6. Pornhub Tennessee. Pornhub blocks visitors in Tennessee. Source
  7. In effect France. Age verification under Arcom's référentiel becomes mandatory for covered sites, three months after the standard's publication. Source
  8. Ruling Tennessee. The Sixth Circuit stays the injunction pending appeal, so the act can be enforced. Source
  9. Lawsuit Kansas. Attorney General Kris Kobach files the first state enforcement suit under the law, against SARJ LLC, in Shawnee County District Court. Source
  10. Lawsuit Spain. The CNMC fines Techpump Solutions €308,529 for running seven Spanish-based porn platforms without effective age verification under art. 89.1(e). Source
  11. Signed South Dakota. Gov. Larry Rhoden signs HB 1053. Source
  12. Signed Wyoming. HB 43 (Enrolled Act No. 70) signed into law and assigned chapter 139. Source
  13. Amended Italy. AGCOM adopts Delibera 96/25/CONS, setting the technical and procedural rules for age verification. Source
  14. Signed North Dakota. The governor signs HB 1561, creating a new section of N.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-07 on age verification for sites with sexual material harmful to minors. Source
  15. Amended Montana. SB 488 (Ch. 199, L. 2025) is signed, amending the law so that only individuals claiming damages can enforce it and removing the Attorney General's role. Source
  16. Ruling Germany. VG Berlin rejects the operator's urgent applications against the Berlin blocking order; Pornhub and YouPorn stay blocked for that provider. Source
  17. Signed North Dakota. The governor signs SB 2380, a parallel bill that also lists commercial age and identity databases as an accepted method; an earlier draft's device and app-store age-signal mandate had been removed before passage. The Century Code text (§ 51-07-32) follows SB 2380. Source
  18. Amended Tennessee. The governor signs SB 448 / HB 761 (Public Chapter 405), which takes effect the same day and replaces the act's own definition of 'harmful to minors' with the definition in Tennessee's obscenity statute. Source
  19. Signed Arizona. Gov. Katie Hobbs signs HB 2112 (Laws 2025, ch. 193). Source
  20. Lawsuit European Union. Commission opens formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos over the protection of minors. Source
  21. Pornhub France. Aylo suspends Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube in France. Source
  22. Ruling Germany. VG München rejects the operator's urgent applications against the Bavarian blocking orders addressed to Telefónica. Source
  23. Ruling France. Paris Administrative Court judge suspends the order designating EU-based sites; Aylo restores access with click-through self-declaration within days. Source
  24. Ruling Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court upholds HB 1181's age-verification requirement 6-3 in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, applying intermediate scrutiny. Source
  25. Ruling Texas. A Texas state judge lifts the freeze on the Attorney General's penalty suit against Aylo. Source
  26. Ruling United States. The US Supreme Court upholds Texas's age-verification law for porn sites in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, applying intermediate scrutiny. Source
  27. Signed Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine signs HB 96, the operating budget, which includes the age-verification provisions (Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1349.10, 1349.101). Source
  28. Pornhub Wyoming. Pornhub blocks visitors in Wyoming. Source
  29. Ruling Florida. Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Uthmeier: plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss their challenge after the Supreme Court's ruling in FSC v. Paxton; case closed. Source
  30. In effect Georgia. O.C.G.A. § 39-5-5 takes effect. Source
  31. Pornhub Georgia. Pornhub blocks visitors in Georgia. Source
  32. In effect South Dakota. HB 1053 takes effect. Source
  33. Pornhub South Dakota. Pornhub blocks visitors in South Dakota. Source
  34. In effect Wyoming. HB 43 (Enrolled Act No. 70) takes effect. Source
  35. Amended European Union. Commission publishes its Article 28 guidelines on protecting minors, identifying age verification as the appropriate safeguard for adult content, and a first age-verification blueprint. Source
  36. Ruling France. Conseil d'État overturns the suspension, reinstating age-verification duties for designated EU-based sites. Source
  37. Pornhub France. Aylo blocks Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube in France again after the Conseil d'État decision. Source
  38. Ruling Indiana. After FSC v. Paxton, the 7th Circuit vacates the preliminary injunction and remands for judgment for the Attorney General on the First Amendment claim (order clarified August 1, 2025). Source
  39. In effect Ireland. Part B of the Online Safety Code takes effect, requiring designated platforms to use effective age assurance for pornography. Source
  40. In effect United Kingdom. Age-assurance duties for user-to-user and search services that allow pornography take effect (sites publishing their own porn were covered from January 2025). Source
  41. Ruling Germany. OVG Rheinland-Pfalz rejects the operator's appeal against the Rhineland-Palatinate blocking orders for lack of a legal-protection interest. Source
  42. In effect North Dakota. The age-verification requirement (N.D. Cent. Code § 51-07-32) takes effect. Source
  43. Pornhub North Dakota. Pornhub blocks visitors in North Dakota. Source
  44. Lawsuit France. Arcom sends formal notices to five EU-established pornographic sites. Source
  45. Lawsuit Florida. The Attorney General sues the operators of XVideos, XNXX, BangBros and GirlsGoneWild, and the ad network TrafficFactory, under HB 3. Source
  46. Ruling Montana. Court dismisses Free Speech Coalition's challenge and enters judgment for the State; Bloomberg Law reported the dismissal was for lack of standing after state enforcement was removed. The law remains in effect. Source
  47. In effect Alabama. HB 164's 10 percent tax on gross receipts from adult content produced, sold or otherwise based in Alabama takes effect. Source
  48. Amended Texas. HB 581 takes effect, extending chapter 129B's age-verification duty to sites and apps that offer tools for creating AI-generated sexual material. Source
  49. Signed Australia. eSafety registers the remaining six age-restricted material codes under the Online Safety Act 2021 (three others were registered on 27 June 2025). Source
  50. Lawsuit Florida. The Attorney General sues Aylo and Nutaku over SpiceVids and Nutaku, and Segpay entities over an adult game site. Source
  51. Signed Brazil. Lei nº 15.211/2025, the Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA Digital), is signed. Source
  52. In effect Arizona. HB 2112 (A.R.S. § 18-701) takes effect. Source
  53. Pornhub Arizona. Pornhub blocks visitors from Arizona, four days after Aylo announced it would. Source
  54. Ruling Louisiana. The court dismisses the Free Speech Coalition case after the plaintiffs voluntarily drop it. Source
  55. In effect Ohio. Ohio's age-verification requirement takes effect. Source
  56. Amended Oklahoma. SB 53 takes effect, replacing the term 'child pornography' with 'child sexual abuse material' in the law's definitions. Source
  57. Ruling Tennessee. The Sixth Circuit vacates the injunction and sends the case back to the district court for proceedings consistent with FSC v. Paxton. Source
  58. In effect Italy. Age-verification duties apply to listed providers established in Italy or outside the EU. Source
  59. Ruling Germany. VG Düsseldorf suspends enforcement of the NRW blocking orders against access providers, including Vodafone, on country-of-origin grounds. Source
  60. In effect Missouri. The Attorney General's age-verification rule (15 CSR 60-18) takes effect. Source
  61. Pornhub Missouri. Pornhub blocks visitors in Missouri as the Attorney General's rule takes effect. Source
  62. Amended Germany. Sixth Media Amendment Treaty takes effect, adding youth-protection duties for designated operating systems and raising fines for them to €2 million. Source
  63. Lawsuit Indiana. The Attorney General sues Aylo entities in Marion Superior Court, arguing that geoblocking that VPN users can bypass does not comply with the law. Source
  64. Ruling United Kingdom. Ofcom fines AVS Group Ltd £1,050,000 (£1m for the age-assurance breach and £50,000 for an information request). Source

2026

  1. Ruling Germany. VG Neustadt annuls four Rhineland-Palatinate blocking orders, citing the DSA and the country-of-origin principle; appeal permitted. Source
  2. Pornhub United Kingdom. Pornhub stops admitting new UK users; existing verified account holders keep access. Source
  3. Ruling Kansas. A federal judge dismisses two private suits under the law (against ICF Technology and Titan Websites) for lack of personal jurisdiction, without ruling on the law itself. Source
  4. Ruling United Kingdom. Ofcom fines Kick Online Entertainment S.A. £830,000. Source
  5. Ruling United Kingdom. Ofcom fines 8579 LLC £1,400,000 (£1.35m for the age-assurance breach and £50,000), with a £1,000 daily penalty. Source
  6. In effect Australia. The age-restricted material codes take effect: porn sites and other R18+ services must check users' ages, and self-declaration is no longer enough. Source
  7. Pornhub Australia. Pornhub shows Australian visitors only safe-for-work content and closes new registrations; Aylo's RedTube, YouPorn and Tube8 had restricted Australian access from 6 March. Source
  8. In effect Brazil. The ECA Digital takes effect, requiring reliable age verification for pornographic content. Source
  9. Amended Brazil. Decreto nº 12.880/2026 regulates the ECA Digital: pornography providers must run their own age verification, and self-declaration cannot unlock content. Source
  10. Ruling Italy. AGCOM orders its first DNS blocks of two Italian porn sites that ignored its warning. Source
  11. Amended Canada. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee reports S-209 with amendments, adding administrative monetary penalties and leaving the coming-into-force date to the government. Source
  12. Lawsuit European Union. Commission preliminarily finds Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the DSA for admitting users by click-through self-declaration. Source
  13. Signed West Virginia. Gov. Patrick Morrisey approves HB 4412 (Child Online Protection and Liability Act). Source
  14. Ruling Italy. TAR Lazio annuls the extension of the rules to providers established in other EU states, including Pornhub's operator, in four parallel judgments. Source
  15. Lawsuit Utah. Aylo Freesites and Aylo Group sue Utah's Division of Consumer Protection and Department of Commerce in federal court over SB 73's actual-location provision. Source
  16. Pornhub United Kingdom. Aylo announces it is readmitting UK users on iOS 26.4 or later who have confirmed their age through Apple's built-in check; other new users stay locked out. Source
  17. Amended Utah. SB 73 takes effect: Division of Consumer Protection enforcement and rulemaking, a safe harbor for approved methods, the actual-location (VPN) provision and a bar on sites facilitating circumvention of age checks. Source
  18. Ruling France. Paris Administrative Court rejects Aylo's challenge to the order designating its sites. Source
  19. Ruling United Kingdom. Ofcom fines Youngtek Solutions Ltd £600,000. Source
  20. Signed Iowa. Gov. Kim Reynolds signs HF 864 after the Senate (46-0) and House (82-2) passed the final version on April 29-30, 2026. Source
  21. Pornhub France. Pornhub reopens in France in a safe-for-work version: explicit content is hidden and new registrations are closed. Source
  22. In effect West Virginia. HB 4412 takes effect, 90 days from passage. Source
  23. Pornhub West Virginia. Pornhub blocks visitors in West Virginia, PCMag reports. Source
  24. Ruling European Union. EU Court of Justice (C-188/24) holds member states may require age verification from porn sites based in other member states if they follow the e-commerce directive's procedure. Source
  25. Ruling France. EU Court of Justice (C-188/24) holds France may require age verification from porn sites based in other member states if it follows the e-commerce directive's procedure. Source
  26. Lawsuit Brazil. ANPD begins preventive monitoring of 18 adult sites, including Pornhub, for age-verification compliance. Source
  27. Ruling Kansas. The last of the four private federal suits (against Pump Lab, SL) is dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction. Source
  28. Ruling United Kingdom. Ofcom's June bulletin reports fines for First Time Videos LLC (£80,000) and 4chan (£540,000 in total, partly for failing to use highly effective age assurance). Source
  29. In effect Iowa. HF 864 takes effect. Source
  30. Pornhub Iowa. Pornhub blocks visitors in Iowa, PCMag reports. Source
  31. Ruling Italy. AGCOM orders Escort Advisor, run by a Swiss company, blocked for Italian users. Source
  32. Signed Missouri. Gov. Mike Kehoe approves HCS for HB 1839, 2921 & 3015, which the legislature passed on May 13, 2026. Source
  33. Lawsuit France. Arcom opens proceedings against 31 more pornographic sites without age verification. Source
  34. In effect Missouri. RSMo § 407.3405 takes effect. Source
  35. Lawsuit Ireland. Coimisiún na Meán opens its first Online Safety Code investigation, into X's age assurance and parental controls. Source
  36. Ruling Tennessee. The district court denies the Attorney General's motion to dismiss the challengers' amended complaint, so the case proceeds. Source
  37. Lawsuit United Kingdom. Ofcom opens an investigation into whether Aylo's Apple-based age check for Pornhub is highly effective and was properly tested. Source
  38. Ruling Utah. Federal judge preliminarily enjoins SB 73's actual-location provision, Utah Code § 78B-3-1002(3), on dormant Commerce Clause grounds; the age-verification requirement itself is unaffected. Source
  39. Amended Pennsylvania. The Senate Judiciary Committee adopts amendment A04281 (14-0) and reports SB 603 as amended (12-2). Source
  40. Amended Utah. SB 73's 2% excise tax on covered sites' sales of digital content takes effect. Source
  41. Pornhub Australia. Partial return: Aylo restores the full Pornhub site for Australian iPhone and iPad users whose age Apple has confirmed; other visitors still see the safe-for-work version. Source
  42. Ruling Utah. On a joint motion from Aylo and the state, the court stays Aylo's case until the end of the Legislature's 2027 General Session; the parties said lawmakers may consider amending the actual-location provision. A joint status report is due March 19, 2027. Source
  43. Ruling Germany. OVG NRW rules, in unappealable interim decisions, that the NRW media authority may not for now require an ISP to block Pornhub and YouPorn, because the DSA governs youth protection EU-wide. Source

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