Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), who is leading the effort, has drafted the bill to focus on age verification, putting in place penalties of $1,000-$2,000 for the first violation and $10,000 for a fifth age-verification violation within a five-year period.
Supporters of the bill are for now mostly from one party, and include Sens. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda); Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge, Los Angeles County); Connie Leyva, (D-Chino, San Bernardino County); and Scott Wiener, (D-San Francisco); and Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, (D-Sacramento).
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