Porn streaming safe in South Dakota — for now
Senate leader vows to vet youth porn consumption after Senate kills age-verification measure
PIERRE — Any laws requiring age verification before accessing online pornography in South Dakota will have to wait at least a year.
A measure that would have done that stalled out this week amid gridlock between the South Dakota House and Senate.
PREVIOUSLY: South Dakota lawmakers want to make it harder to watch porn on the internet
After initially clearing the House with nearly unanimous approval, a Senate committee last week narrowly killed House Bill 1257, citing different constitutional, technical and enforcement concerns. And though there were enough senators backing the legislation to bring it back to life through a series of procedural moves, a conference committee of House and Senate members charged with considering revisions couldn’t strike a deal.
“I come here as a ‘no,’ not because of the constitutionality,” Sen. Dean Wink said during the conference committee’s hearing. “My disagreement is with the enforceability of it.”
POINT: South Dakota senators failed to protect children from pornography
COUNTERPOINT: Age verification bill will not keep your kids safer, will risk privacy
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