Overview
- State records show A.B.105/S.B.130 is on today’s Senate calendar, signaling an imminent vote.
- The measure directs sites hosting material deemed harmful to minors to verify users’ ages and block IP addresses linked to VPN providers.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation urged lawmakers to reject the bill, citing the inability to reliably locate VPN users and the likelihood of sweeping over-blocks.
- Critics say mandated age checks would push sites to collect sensitive IDs or biometric data, increasing privacy and data-breach risks.
- The Assembly approved the bill 69–22 in March 2025, and similar laws have coincided with VPN surges such as Proton VPN’s reported 450% signup jump after Arizona’s law.