Adult content
In effect
- Bill / statute
- HB 3 (2024)
- Status
- Active law in effect
- Effective
- Jan 1, 2025
- Intrusiveness
- High -- Broad reach: low or no content threshold, device/OS-level, or bundled with other verification.
HB 3, Online Protections for Minors (Ch. 2024-42), signed by Gov. DeSantis March 25, 2024, effective Jan 1, 2025. Requires age verification for sites where more than one-third of content is material harmful to minors; the Attorney General has pursued enforcement against adult sites, and a Free Speech Coalition challenge is ongoing.
Timeline
- Jan 1, 2025In effect
- Jun 3, 2025Court hold
- Nov 25, 2025In effect
Source: flsenate.gov
Social media
In effect
- Bill / statute
- HB 3 (2024), social-media part
- Status
- Active law in effect
- Effective
- Jan 1, 2025
- Intrusiveness
- High -- Broad reach: low or no content threshold, device/OS-level, or bundled with other verification.
HB 3 social-media provisions: bars under-14 accounts and requires verified parental consent for 14-15 year olds, with age determination. Preliminarily enjoined June 2024, but the Eleventh Circuit stayed that injunction Nov 25, 2025 (2-1), so Florida is now enforcing it while NetChoice/CCIA v. Uthmeier proceeds.
Timeline
- Jan 1, 2025Court hold
- Nov 25, 2025In effect
Source: cbsnews.com
