HB0243S02 | Warning Labels Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill creates a cause of action that may be brought against a person who distributes pornography without a visible warning.

Bill Details
Year: 
2020
Status: 
Became Law w/o Governor Signature
Last Action: 
Apr 01, 2020
Sponsor
Representative
Republican - District 27
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Impact on Children: 

This bill creates a cause of action that may be brought against a person who distributes pornography without a visible warning.  Allows for a civil penalty to for up to $2500.

Commission: 
Family Life
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent associations support the adoption and enforcement of laws, at all levels of government, to include appropriate penalties for predators who purposely distribute pornographic material to minors and that will curtail the production, distribution and exhibition of materials which depict, in an explicit manner, intimate and sexual conduct and violence of a sexually-oriented nature

Utah PTA Legislative Policy: 

2. High standards for those who work in all areas concerned with children and youth

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities: 

4. Support safe practices and environments for all children.