New Hampshire
Does New Hampshire Have an Age Verification Law? (2026)
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New Hampshire does not have an enacted law requiring adult websites to verify a visitor's age. SB 648 passed the full Senate in March 2026 before the House killed it in May 2026.
SB 648: The Closest New Hampshire Has Come
SB 648 was introduced January 7, 2026, and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee reported a 3-1 recommendation to refer the bill to interim study, but the full Senate instead adopted a floor amendment and passed the amended bill on March 26, 2026, sending it to the House. The House held a public hearing April 7, 2026, with subcommittee work sessions on April 8 and April 21, before the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee voted 15-0 for Inexpedient to Legislate at its April 29, 2026 executive session. The full House adopted that recommendation by voice vote on May 14, 2026, which functions as a kill vote in New Hampshire's legislative vocabulary.
A Separate Bill: HB 1658 (App Store Accountability Act Style)
HB 1658 was a different bill addressing age-category verification and parental consent for mobile app stores rather than adult content specifically, following the pattern of App Store Accountability Acts enacted in states like Utah, Texas, and Louisiana. It was introduced January 7, 2026, and was killed on the House floor by an Inexpedient to Legislate vote on March 11, 2026, after opposition from NetChoice on First Amendment grounds.
What New Hampshire Did Enact: HB 1460 (Child Data-Sale Ban)
New Hampshire enacted HB 1460 on June 19, 2026, as Chapter 168, effective January 1, 2027. It amends the state's existing comprehensive privacy law to prohibit selling a child's personal data, using the federal COPPA under-13 standard, regardless of consent. This is a general data-privacy amendment, not an age-verification law, and it does not target adult or pornographic content specifically; it applies broadly to any data controller processing New Hampshire residents' data.
The Federal and Multistate Backdrop
No federal law requires age verification for adult content; Congress has considered child-online-safety bills like the Kids Online Safety Act, but none has been signed into law. As of August 2026, more than two dozen states have enacted their own adult-content age-verification statutes, following the Supreme Court's 2025 decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton settling intermediate scrutiny as the applicable First Amendment standard. See the age verification laws hub for the full state comparison and the App Store Accountability Act states page for how HB 1658's model works where it has already been enacted.
What This Means for New Hampshire Residents
Because New Hampshire has no adult-content age-verification statute, adult websites have no state-law reason to block New Hampshire visitors or require an age check before granting access. This research did not find New Hampshire on any published list of states that Aylo, Pornhub's parent company, currently geo-blocks; that finding rests on secondary aggregator reporting rather than a directly confirmed primary source.
This page reflects New Hampshire's status as of August 13, 2026, based on the New Hampshire General Court's official bill dockets for SB 648, HB 1658, and HB 1460.
Related Resources
Last updated: 2026-08-13.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an age verification law in New Hampshire?
No. As of August 2026, New Hampshire has not enacted a law requiring adult websites to verify a visitor's age.
Did SB 648 pass?
It passed the full Senate on March 26, 2026, but died in the House when the full House voted Inexpedient to Legislate on May 14, 2026.
Is HB 1460 an age-verification law?
No. HB 1460 is a general privacy-law amendment prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data. It does not require age verification and does not reach adult or pornographic content.
Is porn banned in New Hampshire?
No, and there is no age-verification requirement either. Adult content remains accessible in New Hampshire the same way it is in any other state without an enacted age-verification statute.
Updates
Corrected the SB 648 and HB 1658 introduction dates and the SB 648 House subcommittee and Senate committee dates against the New Hampshire General Court's official bill dockets, removed an undefined multi-state comparison and an outdated note saying the state bill-status site could not be reached, and added the three official dockets as sources.
Independently fact-checked against the cited primary sources
Sources and References
- SB 648 (2026), New Hampshire Legislature, Bill Tracker and Legislative History(citizenscount.org)
- HB 1658 (2026), New Hampshire Legislature, Bill Status(billtrack50.com)
- New Hampshire Amends the NHDPA to Prohibit the Sale of Children's Personal Data (HB 1460)(hunton.com)
- Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, 606 U.S. 461 (2025), Opinion of the Court(supremecourt.gov).gov
- SB 648 (2026) Bill Docket, New Hampshire General Court Bill Status System(gc.nh.gov)
- HB 1658-FN (2026) Bill Docket, New Hampshire General Court Bill Status System(gc.nh.gov)
- HB 1460-FN (2026), Chapter 168, Bill Docket, New Hampshire General Court Bill Status System(gc.nh.gov)